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30 03, 2023

Slowing the roll of AI (Future of Life Institute)

By Humanities Watch|2023-03-30T20:05:28-04:00March 30th, 2023|business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A request for a thoughtful pause in AI progression.

26 03, 2023

Human intelligence and AI (Yuval Harari, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2023-03-26T11:26:50-04:00March 26th, 2023|Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How heedlessly promoting AI threatens human language and culture.

2 03, 2023

Digital da Vinci (Museo Galileo, Florence)

By Humanities Watch|2023-03-02T08:24:26-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Museums, Nature, News, painting, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus in its digital dimensions.

28 01, 2023

On humanity in the sciences

By Humanities Watch|2023-01-28T14:37:36-05:00January 28th, 2023|Academia, Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Quotes, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

A leading biochemist speaks of science's need to return to humility and the humanities.

20 01, 2023

Techniques and technology (Christopher Rim, Forbes)

By Humanities Watch|2023-01-20T08:51:58-05:00January 20th, 2023|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Liberating education from its focus on usefulness.

14 01, 2023

Beyond humanism, beyond humanities (Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2023-01-14T20:12:10-05:00January 14th, 2023|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, environment, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Humanity, or its absence, beyond humanism.

29 12, 2022

AI and the digital divide (Stephen Marche, The Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2022-12-29T14:20:33-05:00December 29th, 2022|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Whether the humanities can think about AI and the digital world, and vice-versa.

19 12, 2022

Letter from Florence

By Humanities Watch|2022-12-19T03:58:45-05:00December 19th, 2022|Academia, Arts, business, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, health, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, Museums, Observations, painting, poetry, STEM|1 Comment

Thoughts from the historical heart of the humanities.

8 12, 2022

The humanities help our health during Covid-19 (University of Exeter)

By Humanities Watch|2022-12-08T11:34:36-05:00December 8th, 2022|Academia, Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, health, History, News, STEM|0 Comments

A new study surveys the instrumental role of the humanities during the pandemic.

16 11, 2022

Finding time and space for words, and words for time and space (Miriam Frankel and Matt Warren, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2022-11-17T07:13:29-05:00November 16th, 2022|Central / South America, Debate / dialogue, education, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Studying how a language shapes perception of time and space.

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