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10 10, 2018

Philosophy, AI, and the power of language (Mark Sharma, The State Press)

Humanities Watch2018-10-10T02:54:51-04:00October 10th, 2018|Academia, Everything Else, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

How philosophy of mind, rooted in language, provides the means for designing AI.

2 10, 2018

The ghosts of Rome

Humanities Watch2019-11-24T16:55:18-05:00October 2nd, 2018|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Politics, Religion, Writing|0 Comments

Voices of the spirit world and their historical, timeless importance.

30 09, 2018

Building Knowledge in the Humanities

Humanities Watch2018-10-03T14:27:19-04:00September 30th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Videos|0 Comments

From a talk on the humanities and Renaissance humanism presented at Syracuse University, April 2018

28 09, 2018

AI misconceived (Michael Jordan, Medium)

Humanities Watch2018-09-28T12:57:39-04:00September 28th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, mathematics, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Both scientists and the general public misunderstand the challenges and opportunities of new technologies.

24 09, 2018

AI and the end of life (Kris Newby, Stanford Medicine)

Humanities Watch2018-09-24T15:40:32-04:00September 24th, 2018|Academia, Everything Else, health, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Intelligent use of algorithms can help physicians predict the amount of time left for the gravely ill.

19 09, 2018

Cooperation, culture, and the psyche (Vittorio Lingiardi and Benedetto Farino, la Repubblica)

Humanities Watch2018-09-19T10:38:42-04:00September 19th, 2018|Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, health, Language, Nature, psychology, Quotes, Technology|1 Comment

Cooperation fosters culture as an evolutionary process.

17 09, 2018

On the road with AI (Hannah Fry, The Guardian)

Humanities Watch2018-09-17T14:36:45-04:00September 17th, 2018|Everything Else, mathematics, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM|0 Comments

Can we trust AI to guide us on the right road?

13 09, 2018

Humanities and the environment (Bess Connolly Martell, YaleNews)

Humanities Watch2018-09-13T03:04:18-04:00September 13th, 2018|Academia, environment, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, science, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Studying the interrelationship between the humanities and the environmental sciences.

10 09, 2018

Scientific certainties and humanities doubts (John Horgan, Scientific American)

Humanities Watch2018-09-10T14:59:15-04:00September 10th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, Nature, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Striking the balance between certainty and doubt with the help of the humanities.

5 09, 2018

Dreams, yesterday and today

Humanities Watch2018-09-05T14:54:25-04:00September 5th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Libraries, Literature, Nature, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, Quotes, Religion, science, Writing|5 Comments

How dreams have affected our reasoning and reality, then and now.