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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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Modern life is stuck in a sea of sameness. The pursuit of beauty is a necessary antidote | Brigid Delaney

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Everything has become so frictionless and optimised, that concerted efforts must be made to turn back towards beauty and individuality – even if it has no explicit market valueBy the time it’s 5pm on a Friday, the headache and dry eyes have well and truly settled in. Maybe it’s a long day in front of

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The effects of an “algorithmic monoculture” depend on the details

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AI tools are increasingly replacing human judgements in some settings. For instance, resume screening algorithms are often used in hiring, where they may improve efficiency and consistency in decision-making.But some scholars have raised concerns that the adoption of automated systems could eventually result in one algorithm being used to make all decisions in a particular

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It used to be our imperfect bodies that made us insecure. With AI, it’s our minds as well

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For most of modern history, technology sought to imitate humans. Humans increasingly seek to imitate technologyTwo faces that appeared on my Instagram feed in recent months gave me pause. One belonged to John Travolta at Cannes. The other to Carla Bruni on a date night with her husband, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Both looked

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Becoming Human AI Is Expanding — Here’s What’s Changing

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For years, this has been where you’ve found us — through Medium, whenever we published something worth your time.That’s changing a little, starting now.We’re expanding into a proper newsletter, so expect to hear from us more regularly than “whenever a new post goes up.” If you’ve got email notifications on for this publication, keep an eye on your inbox.We’re also

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What would our lives look like if we no longer had to work? As a thought experiment I tried to imagine

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The abundance that AI promises to deliver represents an enormous and radical opportunity – a chance to reconnect with the ancient project of how to liveFor a long time humanity has dreamed about a life free of toil, spent largely in leisure, learning and pleasure.Now that AI has arrived, what if it was the thing

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AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption

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Previously hidden text revealed without unrolling scroll discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviourThe surviving part of an ancient scroll that was burnt to a crisp when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been virtually unwrapped and read with help from artificial intelligence.Researchers uncovered 20 columns of previously hidden text covering

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The crucial human component in computing and AI

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On April 30, the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing’s Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) initiative hosted a full-day research symposium examining how artificial intelligence is shaping the world and its implications for society. The symposium included research talks by SERC’s latest seed grant recipients on topics such as air pollution forecasting and responsible computer vision deployment, panels on AI alignment

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Mistaking AI behaviour for conscious being | Letter

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Dr Simon Nieder responds to Richard Dawkins’ encounters with a chatbotRichard Dawkins’ reflections on AI consciousness are striking – not because they show that machines have crossed some hidden threshold into inner life, but because they reveal how readily we can be persuaded that they have (Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it

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A philosophy of work

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What makes work valuable? Michal Masny, the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow in the MIT Department of Philosophy, investigates the role work plays in our lives and its impact on our well-being. Masny sees numerous benefits to work, beyond a paycheck. It’s a space for people to develop excellence at something, make a social contribution, gain

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