Artificial Intelligence & Ethics
Virtual MA, United Stateshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjYvx_xidF4 It turns out that it is not only social scientists and humanists who are raising concerns about the realities and directions of AI; many students and faculty in engineering are also voicing hesitations about all aspects of it, something few of us have seen with previous technologies. Listen in as the panelists raise the […]
GLOBAL PEACE & INSECURITY SEMINAR SERIES: Ten years After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Power in Japan
Virtual MA, United States"Ten years After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Power in Japan" GUEST SPEAKER: Jun Tateno, Ph.D., Executive Director, Nuclear and Energy-Related Information Center (NERIC), Tokyo, Japan **Prior registration is required to obtain Zoom link.** To register, please contact Subrata Ghoshroy, ghoshroy@mit.edu, Research Affiliate, STS For more information, please see MIT Radius, Global Peace and Insecurity, A Seminar Series. […]
Sovereignties, Plagues, and Policing
Virtual MA, United StatesMary Augusta Brazelton, University of Cambridge Laura Spinney, independent writer and science journalist Please register here: https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8nuN-O1zRZ27d3f5UjUcLQ
GLOBAL PEACE & INSECURITY SEMINAR SERIES: Missile and Nuclear Insecurity in East Asia
Virtual MA, United States"Missile and Nuclear Insecurity in East Asia" GUEST SPEAKER: Masako Ikegami, Ph. D., Professor, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan **Prior registration is required to obtain Zoom link.** To register, please contact Subrata Ghoshroy, ghoshroy@mit.edu, Research Affiliate, STS For more information, please see MIT Radius, Global Peace and Insecurity, A Seminar Series.
Premodern Pandemics
Virtual MA, United StatesNükhet Varlik, University of South Carolina Michael McCormick, Harvard University (tentative) Please register here: https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8nuN-O1zRZ27d3f5UjUcLQ
Working Across Disciplines on Endemic Livestock Disease
Abigail Woods of the University of Lincoln Register for this event This seminar is part of the Seminars in Environmental Agricultural History Series and is sponsored by MIT’s History Faculty and Program in Science, Technology, and Society. For more information, contact kalopes@mit.edu
Empathy and Our Future
Empathy and Our Future Please visit the event webpage to register in advance: https://www.amacad.org/events/empathy While many in America are now debating accountability vs. unity, there is another concept that belongs in any conversation about how America can recover from a divisive election, devastating pandemic, and long history of racial injustice - empathy. This event is […]
David A. Mindell: The Work of the Future
Virtual MA, United StatesThe Work of the Future: Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines Automation will transform our work, our lives, our society. Whether the outcome is inclusive or exclusive, fair or laissez-faire, is up to us. Getting this right is among the most important and inspiring challenges of our time – and […]