Eaglecast: Does AI Need the Humanities?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing at lightning speed, changing our world and us with it. Given its grounding in computer science and the STEM disciplines (physical sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics), it is natural to ask: does AI even need the humanities, social sciences, and the arts? Is there a future for liberal arts education? In this presentation, we’ll answer a resounding “yes” and discover why the humanities and the arts must remain central to the future development and deployment of AI systems themselves. Examining AI’s broader social and cultural implications, participants will gain insight into cutting-edge advances in AI alongside sustained reflection on the deeper conceptual and moral questions that these technologies raise—especially those concerning meaning, work, creativity, and what it means to live a fully human life in the age of AI.