News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
412, 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.
2611, 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.
2011, 2018
Uncovering ancient technology (Philippe Bohstrom, Haaretz)
The ancient computer lost at sea, found by current technology.
1411, 2018
Healthy doubts about AI (E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, I.G. Cohen, PLoS Med)
AI in medicine raises questions about its fairness and accuracy.
1111, 2018
AI rules (John W. Miller, America)
Can there be ethical rules for AI?
611, 2018
W(h)ither the humanities? (Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic)
Can humanities study remain relevant in the world of STEM?
2910, 2018
On the classics and our culture (Daniela Monti, Corriere della Sera)
That the Greek conception of life still molds our own.
2310, 2018
AI and Greek myth (Adrienne Mayor, Asia Times)
Can Pandora's story yield a warning about the promise of AI?
1510, 2018
The goldfish metric (Ida Bozzi, Corriere della sera)
How hyper-connectivity affects communication, society, and our minds.
1210, 2018
The meaning of medical humanities (Brandy Shillace, The Polyphony)
Thinking not only about the way medicine views the humanities, but vice-versa.