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11 01, 2025

AI and human extinction (Dan Milmo, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-12T09:49:15-05:00January 11th, 2025|Academia, April, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, March, mathematics, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A founding scientist warns that AI development threatens humanity with extinction.

2 01, 2024

Humanities and the cloud of unknowing (Agnes Callard, New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-12T16:14:58-05:00January 2nd, 2024|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Language, Literature, mathematics, News, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science|0 Comments

Whether defending the humanities misses their essence.

11 12, 2023

The ethical quandary of AI (Robert McMillan and Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ)

By Humanities Watch|2023-12-11T14:29:30-05:00December 11th, 2023|business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, Everything Else, Language, mathematics, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How ethical concerns are in play in AI development.

4 07, 2023

Syncopated synapses (Jon Hamilton, NPR)

By Humanities Watch|2023-07-04T12:19:33-04:00July 4th, 2023|Academia, Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Music, News, painting, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How the arts help us think and create.

18 03, 2023

Moving beyond the two cultures

By Humanities Watch|2023-03-18T15:52:47-04:00March 18th, 2023|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, mathematics, Nature, Philosophy, Quotes, Religion, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Reflecting on how the two cultures lead to a Dantean limit governed by Love.

5 03, 2023

Does the Madonna need AI? (Kelly Crow, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-03-05T12:08:22-05:00March 5th, 2023|Academia, Arts, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, Europe, Everything Else, History, mathematics, News, painting, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Using AI technology to determine the artist of a Renaissance painting.

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.

22 02, 2023

The weight of observation (William J. Broad, The New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2023-02-22T20:40:21-05:00February 22nd, 2023|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Libraries, mathematics, Nature, News, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

New readings of Leonardo's works reveal his gravitational experiments.

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.

2 12, 2022

Math, logic, and the Holy Roman Emperor (Hugh Schofield, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2022-12-02T10:29:39-05:00December 2nd, 2022|Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, mathematics, military, News, Politics, Religion, Writing|0 Comments

The science of cryptography helps unlock a secret 16th-C. exchange.