The HUMAN grant: The humanities and AI
Lake Forest College’s Krebs Center for the Humanities is the convener of a $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation for the HUMAN (Humanities Understanding of the Machine-Assisted Nexus) project.
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.
HUMAN partners with the Chicago History Museum, Ragdale, Sweet Water Foundation, and works closely with the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen, Norway.
