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All humans are susceptible to changes in mood, taste and ideology. Grandparents may listen to country one day and rock ‘n’ roll the next. Children

For centuries, technology simply amplified humans’ physical abilities. A hammer amplifies the force of an arm. A telescope helps us see something far away. But

Lisa Sharon Harper’s work didn’t shift during the Black Lives Matter movement — she said this is a moment she was made for. Harper “The

A video circulated around the internet of former President Barack Obama calling President Donald Trump a “dipshit” and making references to the movies “Black Panther”

What’s the point of writing? Eidus When faced with questions like that, Janice Eidus quotes Sylvia Plath: “I write only because / There is a

Michael Sandel has spent many summers speaking from the Amphitheater stage, and in all that time he’s never just come just to deliver a lecture.

David Danks, head of the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, said if artificial intelligence is used in the United States to prevent crime

For Tim Maughan, choosing to be a writer wasn’t really a choice at all. Maughan Infinite Detail “It was the only thing I was any

Whether people regard artificial intelligence as a tool that can turn into either a future friend or a threat, Jason Thacker said the technology is

As a theologian, Noreen Herzfeld knows that in the first century, people could see themselves in the image of God. But as a computer scientist,

University of Virginia Professor Emeritus Deborah G. Johnson believes that reputation is the commodity that wins elections. But this commodity is threatened by deepfakes. Johnson

The Avett Brothers’ 2012 song “Live and Die” begins with the lyrics, “All it'll take is just one moment and / you can say goodbye

Algorithms are everywhere — from finances, to the workplace, to policing. And where there is an algorithm, David Danks said there is likely to be

The fall of Adam and Eve by “playing God” could mirror how human civilization eventually falls, Dr. Gerard Magill said in his lecture at 2

When she was studying for her Ph.D. at Cambridge, Rana el Kaliouby, CEO of Affectiva, realized she was spending more time with technology than with

A philosopher, a roboticist, and a literary scholar log onto a livestream ... Danks, Nourbakhsh & Keating It seems like a silly quarantine-inspired joke, but