News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
708, 2019
AI and the liberal-arts classroom (Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review)
Attempting to use AI to enhance creativity, writing, and language learning.
608, 2019
“Engineering before engineers” (Alex Abrams, Wake Forest University)
Appreciating the historical roots of engineering in Renaissance ingenuity.
208, 2019
Language, environment, and healing (Maria Giulia Marini, MedicinaNarrativa.eu)
Using philosophy to understand the ways that language and environment enhance healing.
2807, 2019
A.G.I. meets the brain (Cade Metz, New York Times)
Training AI to re-create human intelligence.
1907, 2019
The decline of reading (Humanities Indicators)
The time spent reading for pleasure declines across all groups.
1807, 2019
Girls choosing humanities (Thomas Breda and Clotilde Napp, PNAS)
How higher reading skills may lead girls to choose humanities study, despite their excellence in math.
1507, 2019
This is your brain on the internet (Firth et al., World Psychiatry)
Going online can bring the mind offline.
507, 2019
Re-weighing the task of AI ethics (Deborah Todd, Forbes)
Adjusting the oversight of the ethics of AI.
2706, 2019
Follow the money: what college students wish they had done differently (Catey Hill, MarketWatch)
College students pay attention to the costs and benefits of their majors, including humanities.
2506, 2019
Artificial intelligence, artificial consciousness? (Prashanth Ramakrishna, NY Times)
Do we need to upgrade ourselves to keep pace with artificial intelligence?