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Instructors teach AI ethics and critical thinking at Hazard Community and Technical College

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Instructors at Hazard Community and Technical College in Kentucky are teaching students AI ethics and critical thinking skills. The program appears aimed at preparing students to engage thoughtfully with AI tools and their implications.

Why this matters: Community colleges are where most working people actually get job training. If AI ethics lands there, it reaches students who will use these tools in healthcare, manufacturing, local government, and small business — not just at tech firms. That matters more than another corporate AI policy document. Teaching people to question what AI does, and why, is one of the few things that might actually slow down thoughtless adoption where it causes real harm.

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