News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
3003, 2023
Slowing the roll of AI (Future of Life Institute)
A request for a thoughtful pause in AI progression.
2603, 2023
Human intelligence and AI (Yuval Harari, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, New York Times)
How heedlessly promoting AI threatens human language and culture.
503, 2023
Does the Madonna need AI? (Kelly Crow, Wall Street Journal)
Using AI technology to determine the artist of a Renaissance painting.
203, 2023
Digital da Vinci (Museo Galileo, Florence)
Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus in its digital dimensions.
2202, 2023
The weight of observation (William J. Broad, The New York Times)
New readings of Leonardo's works reveal his gravitational experiments.
1002, 2023
New light on Biblical lettering (Megan Sauter, Bible History Daily)
Reflective Transformation Imaging provides new clues to the Biblical King David.
502, 2023
Mapping the Mayans (Aylin Woodward, Wall Street Journal)
Ongoing use of LiDar discloses the hidden dimensions of Mayan history.
2001, 2023
Techniques and technology (Christopher Rim, Forbes)
Liberating education from its focus on usefulness.
1401, 2023
Beyond humanism, beyond humanities (Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic)
Humanity, or its absence, beyond humanism.
501, 2023
Ice Age Astronomy (BBC News)
An outsider decodes prehistoric time patterns.