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16 05, 2023

The genome’s philosophical turn (David Cox, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2023-05-24T16:27:32-04:00May 16th, 2023|Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, health, History, Medicine, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

New debate over the degree that genetics shape our choices.

26 04, 2023

Writing for health

By Humanities Watch|2023-04-27T06:53:03-04:00April 26th, 2023|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Music, Observations, painting, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|2 Comments

That writing fosters our health in inverse proportion to our use of chatbots.

12 04, 2023

Chatbot, chatbot, on the wall (Salk News)

By Humanities Watch|2023-04-12T11:51:22-04:00April 12th, 2023|education, Everything Else, Language, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The chatbot reflects the personality of the questioner.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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