Data Science and AI Institute and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Symposium Series: Is AI Good or Bad for the Humanities?

Description

The Data Science and AI Institute, in collaboration with the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, continues its series of symposia exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) with the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. The goal is to create a community of scholars whose interests include using AI tools in their research and/or are studying AI's impact on society. A reception will follow.

In this symposium, speakers will address when AI helps and when it has limited value for the humanities. On one hand, AI can help extract information from complex images or patterns from enormous amounts of texts, helping give direction to scholarship. On the other hand, AI has biases that may distort humanistic conclusions. In addition, the "exception" is important in the humanities. It highlights the counterexample that challenges the typical understanding of a concept within a particular historical, literary, or cultural context.

Speakers:

• Jesse Rosenthal, Department of English
• Mike Harrower, Department of Near Eastern Studies
• Nan Da, Department of English
• Jessica Marie Johnson, Department of History