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Reinforcing the value of human understanding at MIT

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At the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) 75th Anniversary Symposium, speakers celebrated the school’s value and contributions, while exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming many aspects of teaching, research, and society.The symposium was held Sept. 24-25 in the Linde Music Building’s Thomas Tull Concert Hall. Scholars, students, staff, and alumni from

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Q&A: How AI came to model the “messy” human mind

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Generative artificial intelligence models are rooted in ideas of mid-20th century engineers who thought some amount of irrationality was essential for a machine that could think like a human, contends Benjamin Lindquist, an assistant professor in the MIT History Section, who holds an MIT Schwarzman College of Computing shared position with the Department of Electrical

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Discovering the value of humanistic inquiry

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Artificial intelligence has become part of the zeitgeist. And while it’s a polarizing topic, Linda Rabieh has a unique take on AI: “It’s good for business. Our business, of humanistic thinking.” As senior lecturer in the Concourse program, one of MIT’s first-year learning communities, Rabieh has been introducing students to the “business” since 2010. “What AI

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AI threatens to destroy so much of our culture. Our greatest loss might be our ability to listen | Shirleene Robinson

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Australians are conversing less every year, with a recent study showing we lost an average of 338 spoken words each day between 2005 and 2019We talk a lot about losing our ability to write as a result of AI. I’m convinced our greatest loss might be our ability to listen. Listening to different views and

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How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing

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Before the advancement of scientific data storage and collaboration via the cloud, medical investigators seeking health research breakthroughs had to overcome significant obstacles to collaboration and key clinical data gathering. Data were siloed and difficult to distribute, so those looking to undertake research had no option but to gather them themselves. This not only made research

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‘We can stitch together our past’: the AI-generated time-travellers vlogging from history

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The content creators behind channels like Chloe VS History are using AI tools to ‘bring history to life in a really visceral way’“I have just arrived in Tudor London, 1536,” a young woman in a green puffer jacket tells the camera. “I’m going to check in at my room in the inn, get into the

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Q&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AI

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The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) was founded in 1950 in response to “a new era emerging from social upheaval and the disasters of war,” as outlined in the 1949 Lewis Committee Report. The report’s findings emphasized MIT’s role and responsibility in the new nuclear age, which called for doubling down on genuine

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New “vibe coded” AI translation tool splits the video game preservation community

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Since Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe coding” just over a year ago, we’ve seen a rapid increase in both the capabilities and popularity of using AI models to throw together quick programming projects with less human time and effort than ever before. One such vibe-coded project, Gaming Alexandria Researcher, launched over the weekend as

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Using design to interpret the past and envision the future

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Some of designer C Jacob Payne’s projects present new, futuristic products — such as zero-gravity footwear for astronauts, and electronic-embedded ceramics — using technological tools and processes of digital fabrication, material innovation, and interactive interfaces. Other projects travel back in time to past centuries, considering the challenge of preserving and reconstructing Black architectural heritage.Payne graduated

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Written by ChatGPT Atlas Agent in SquarespaceTL;DR The post introduces ChatGPT Atlas, OpenAI’s new browser with built‑in ChatGPT and an agent mode, explaining how it autonomously drafted the article and highlighting key features like contextual assistance, end‑to‑end task automation, built‑in memory, more intelligent search, inline writing help, privacy controls, cross‑platform availability, split‑screen viewing and parental

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