I signed up for the Techs and Tools module to discover ways in which faculty are incorporating AI technologies into their particular disciplines. I am a Philosophy professor, an attorney, an author, and a musician. I have been updating assignments in several of my courses to challenge students to consider actual and potential capabilities of AI, and how these capabilities will impact the ways in which humans understand and move through the world. In October 2017, the humanoid Sophia was granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia, thereby gaining legal rights and responsibilities. AI-generated art and writing are challenging current Copyright laws and immensely impacting business, learning, and creating. Philosophical questions, such as the Trolley Problem, have been posed to AI with rather simplistic AI responses, but I wonder if this too may change as AI technology continues to evolve. What is the essence of AI?