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13 09, 2018

Humanities and the environment (Bess Connolly Martell, YaleNews)

By Humanities Watch|2018-09-13T03:04:18-04:00September 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.

4 09, 2018

The humanities crisis down under (Francis McWhannell, The Spinoff)

By Humanities Watch|2018-09-03T11:18:53-04:00September 4th, 2018|Academia, Arts, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Everything Else, Literature, News, science, STEM|0 Comments

How the humanities crisis down under came about, and what to do about it.

25 08, 2018

Portrait of AI as a young man (Naomi Rea, artnet News)

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-25T10:57:52-04:00August 25th, 2018|Arts, business, Europe, Everything Else, mathematics, News, painting, Philosophy, STEM|0 Comments

Putting the A of AI into art.

19 08, 2018

Studying the humanities enhances scientific understanding (Vinjai Vale, Medium)

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-18T15:53:52-04:00August 19th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Literature, News, Philosophy, science, STEM|0 Comments

Humanities knowledge enriches our scientific research.

12 08, 2018

Machines with heart (Eryk Salvaggio, nextrends)

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-11T19:43:28-04:00August 12th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, Medicine, News, Philosophy, Politics, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How can we develop empathy in the technological age?

2 08, 2018

Humanities, education, and the continuity of culture

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-01T14:53:00-04:00August 2nd, 2018|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, psychology, Quotes, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

The humanities, although not inherently "practical and useful," nurture the gifted child, and all children.

24 07, 2018

Upstream on the Cam

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-06T13:14:57-04:00July 24th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

Writing against the current of the present time. A letter from the UK.

20 07, 2018

The ethics of eugenics: on the human and the “post-human” possibilities (Nuffield Council on Bioethics)

By Humanities Watch|2018-07-23T07:04:26-04:00July 20th, 2018|Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Medicine, News, Philosophy, Religion, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

A UK report discusses the ethical vagaries.

7 07, 2018

Confronting prejudice in AI (Jonathan Vanian, Fortune)

By Humanities Watch|2018-07-07T08:37:47-04:00July 7th, 2018|business, education, Everything Else, Language, mathematics, News, Philosophy, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Why prejudice remains a very human problem in AI.

9 06, 2018

The language of ethics: Microsoft’s plans for AI (Keumars Afifi-Sabet, IT PRO)

By Humanities Watch|2018-06-12T17:11:09-04:00June 9th, 2018|business, education, Europe, Everything Else, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Microsoft's CEO addresses how language expertise should shape AI.