HUMAN and AI at Lake Forest College
The new AI minor is not the College’s first engagement with artificial intelligence. The College’s Krebs Center for the Humanities received a $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation for the HUMAN (Humanities Understanding of the Machine-Assisted Nexus) project.
The HUMAN grant project aims to explore artificial intelligence through a humanities perspective, equipping students with the skills to ethically integrate AI into their professional lives with an emphasis on equity and justice.
HUMAN explores what it means to be human in the age of AI by engaging an interdisciplinary group of humanities faculty fellows who, in partnership with Chicago-based organizations, are developing:
- New courses that focus on AI
- Digital humanities research projects
- Seminars
- Publications
- Artist residencies
- And more
Students are gaining a broad understanding of the role that the humanities should play in public policy, cultural preservation, and community education in an AI-inflected world.
HUMAN addresses the urgent need for an informed understanding of the interplay between the humanities and the fast-evolving realm of artificial intelligence to ensure ethical developments, promote equitable technological advancement, and nurture meaningful human-AI collaboration.
