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20 01, 2025

Nourishing the humanities’ growth

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-20T09:40:46-05:00January 20th, 2025|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, March, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM|0 Comments

An interview with Phoebe Stein of the State Humanities Councils on recognizing and supporting public humanities.

11 01, 2025

AI and human extinction (Dan Milmo, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-12T09:49:15-05:00January 11th, 2025|Academia, April, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, March, mathematics, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A founding scientist warns that AI development threatens humanity with extinction.

16 08, 2024

Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (Schmidt Sciences)

By Humanities Watch|2024-08-16T17:36:54-04:00August 16th, 2024|0 Comments

A new initiative to foster the dynamic possibilities of the humanities through AI.

27 06, 2024

Virginia Tech Institute for Leadership in Technology: now accepting applications through July 31

By Humanities Watch|2024-06-27T13:34:09-04:00June 27th, 2024|0 Comments

Applications accepted for next year's class through July 31.

18 06, 2023

Delving deeper (Zaria Gorvett, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2023-06-18T11:17:33-04:00June 18th, 2023|environment, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

How technology is transforming our understanding of maritime history.

6 05, 2023

The plague of loneliness (Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States)

By Humanities Watch|2023-05-06T11:27:58-04:00May 6th, 2023|environment, Everything Else, health, History, Medicine, News, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Whither / wither the humanities in our social isolation?

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.

28 01, 2023

On humanity in the sciences

By Humanities Watch|2023-01-28T14:37:36-05:00January 28th, 2023|Academia, Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Quotes, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

A leading biochemist speaks of science's need to return to humility and the humanities.