How can we bring the methods of humanities to bear on debates around the socio-technical products called “AI,” while avoiding both FOMO and what Wendy Hui Kyong Chun calls “humanities-washing”? Let’s explore together as we look critically at an industry-produced report (by Anthropic or Google, for example) paired with a relevant academic work from the humanities. Bring your lunch or snacks for the first reading group meeting!
Oct. 29: Interpreting model “hallucinations” (brown bag lunch)
Dec. 3: Theorizing generative AI in education (lunch provided)
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Image credit: "Digital Nomads Beyond the Cubicle," Yutong Liu & Digit / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/