Computing and AI
Humanistic Perspectives from MIT
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"The advent of artificial intelligence presents our species with an historic opportunity — disguised as an existential challenge: Can we stay human in the age of AI? In fact, can we grow in humanity, can we shape a more humane, more just, and sustainable world?"
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FOREWORD Professor of Political Science |
THE HUMANITIES
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COMPARATIVE MEDIA STUDIES William Uricchio |
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GLOBAL LANGUAGES |
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HISTORY
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LINGUISTICS Faculty of MIT Linguistics |
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LITERATURE Shankar Raman, with Mary C. Fuller |
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PHILOSOPHY Alex Byrne and Tamar Schapiro |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Eden Medina and Dwaipayan Banerjee "Adopt a global approach to the research and teaching in the SCC, an approach that views the U.S. experience as one among many." |
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WRITING Tom Levenson |
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WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES Ruth Perry, with Sally Haslanger and Elizabeth Wood |
THE ARTS
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MUSIC Eran Egozy
"Through the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, our responsibility will be not only to develop the new technologies of music creation, distribution, and interaction, but also to study their cultural implications and define the parameters of a harmonious outcome for all." |
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THEATER ARTS Sara Brown |
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
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ANTHROPOLOGY Heather Paxson "Incorporate anthropological thinking into the new college to prepare students to live and work effectively and responsibly in a world of technological, demographic, and cultural exchanges. We envision an Ethnography Lab that will provide digital and computing tools tailored to anthropological research and projects." |
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ECONOMICS Nancy L. Rose and David Autor |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE Faculty of the Department "Contribute the perspectives of political science to ensure that computational research is socially aware, especially with issues involving governing institutions, the relations between nations, and human rights." |
Related MIT Publications and Resources
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Susan Silbey
Welcoming Remarks
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Ethics, Computing, and AI: Perspectives from MIT
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Resources on MIT News Engineer/historian discusses how the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing might integrate technical and humanistic research and education. MIT Computational Cultures Initiative Drawing together classes from nine of MIT's humanistic fields, this concentration introduces students to critical thinking about computation and its technologies. Students will gain an understanding of how changes in computational power have refashioned fundamental questions about community, identity, democracy, and knowledge; gain greater fluency to analyze the tools they work with; gain new ideas about applications; and learn to pose new kinds of questions about innovation.
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Series prepared by MIT SHASS Communications
Office of Dean Melissa Nobles
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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Published 23 September 2019