SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND ARTS AI SERIES

The Human in the Age of AI



In an age where artificial intelligence can write term papers, drive cars and determine medical procedures, what role is there for ethical deliberation and decision making? What are the costs of AI? What does the future of teaching look like? Far from relegating the humanities and arts to the sidelines, the age of AI is a time when the disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas of inquiry in the School of Humanities and Arts at Rice are needed most.

HACKED: The HUMAN OS
Humanities and Arts series on the ethics and costs of AI and the future of teaching

Rice University faculty, students and staff are welcome. Seating is limited. Sign up today to reserve your seat.

Wednesday, Jan. 28
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Moody Center for the Arts, second floor classrooms 205/206
4 p.m., optional pre-event guided exhibition tour, Imaging After Photography

The Failure of Superintelligence: Activating AI to Teach the Value of Deep Deliberation

Pedagogy-focused discussion that offers examples of how faculty leverage AI to re-center the value of close reading, slow thinking and critical analysis

Speakers:

  • Timothy Morton (English and Creative Writing)
  • Elizabeth Petrick (History)
  • Ian Schimmel (English and Creative Writing)
  • Rodrigo Ferreira (Computer Science)

Tuesday, Feb. 10
4:30 - 6 p.m.
Kraft Hall 130

Three Things You Need to Know About AI

Discussion on ethical, social, political, legal, cultural and environmental challenges realized through AI

Speakers:

  • Kirsten Ostherr (Medical Humanities / English and Creative Writing)
  • Robert Howell (Ethics of Technology / Philosophy)
  • Elizabeth Petrick (History)
  • Luis Campos (Science and Technology Studies / History)

Wednesday, March 11
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Kraft Hall 130

The “AI Sandbox”

A Prompt LAB to critique LLM output, faculty work in small groups to experiment with AI tools

Speaker:

  • Daba Santoscoy (Rice Office of Digital Learning and Strategy)

Thursday, April 2
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Moody Center for the Arts, second floor classrooms 205/206

Against the Algorithm: AI, Ethics and the Archive

A discussion to understand the inherent bias of AI, a tool driven by historical datasets and statistics

Speakers:

  • Kirsten Ostherr (Medical Humanities / English and Creative Writing)
  • James Sidbury (History)
  • Hossam Elsherbiny (Transnational Asian Studies)
  • Robert Howell (Ethics of Technology / Philosophy)

This AI event series is organized by the Rice University School of Humanities and Arts Dean’s Office.

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