Freedom behind bars (Chris Wilson, Medium)
Books in a prison library provide freedom and new life.
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12, 2018
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12, 2018
Understanding natural — not just artificial — intelligence (Melanie Mitchell, NY Times)
We need to understand our natural degree of intelligence before relying on artificial means.
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11, 2018
The usefulness of literature and philosophy
A Renaissance conception of the usefulness and value of the humanities, for humanity.
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11, 2018
Bleeding crimson: Harvard loses the humanities (Noah D. Dasanaike, Harvard Crimson)
Harvard follows the general trends in academic enrollments, with the sciences gaining and the humanities losing.
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11, 2018
Virtual scholarship: the lure of the fourth dimension
Learning from libraries past, present, and future.
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11, 2018
Uncovering ancient technology (Philippe Bohstrom, Haaretz)
The ancient computer lost at sea, found by current technology.
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11, 2018
Healthy doubts about AI (E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, I.G. Cohen, PLoS Med)
AI in medicine raises questions about its fairness and accuracy.
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11, 2018
Science, art, and truth
Truth required art in order to be realized.
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11, 2018
AI rules (John W. Miller, America)
Can there be ethical rules for AI?
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11, 2018
W(h)ither the humanities? (Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic)
Can humanities study remain relevant in the world of STEM?