From early cars to generative AI, new technologies create demand for specialized materials

By: Peter Müllner, Boise State University, The Conversation

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Published: December 10, 2025

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Last Updated: 1 month ago

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By Peter Müllner, Boise State University

Generative artificial intelligence has become widely accepted as a tool that increases productivity. Yet the technology is far from mature. Large language models advance rapidly from one generation to the next, and experts can only speculate how AI will affect the workforce and peoples’ daily lives.

As a materials scientist, I am interested in how materials and the technologies that derive from them affect society. …

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