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Starting in 2024, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities and its various programs will offer a series of workshops around a chosen theme. This year's theme is: "Being Human in the Age of AI."
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here — or, depending on who you ask, some version of it. What does the presence of AI tools mean for us as creatives, independent thinkers and humans?Think about it. If AI tools can compose essays and short stories and create photographs and works of art, what is the place of human creation and expression in our world? Or, if algorithms determine our options for what to buy or what we experience, is personal freedom and choice possible in the age of AI algorithms and big data?Or, think about it in terms of our civic sphere. If AI tools can create images and produce text, how do we identify truth from falsehood? These questions surrounding creativity, independent thought, truth and more are age-old questions at the heart of humanities. Indeed, the advancement in the use of AI tools doesn't make the study of the humanities obsolete. Rather, the presence of such tools in our lives makes the study of the humanities just as important as ever.
Over the course of the 2024-2025 fall and spring semesters, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center and its many programs will sponsor a series of public events, seminars and workshops in partnership with local and national scholars who will engage these questions while also equipping students with methods for more intentional use of the new generative AI technologies. As part of this initiative, the Mandel Youth Humanities Academy and the Mandel Scholars Academy will curate a film screening and discussion of a film on AI.
Join the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center on a yearlong exploration to discover how the humanities can help us better understand and guide the ethical use of AI in Cleveland and beyond.
The Mandel Humanities Center's workshops are a joint sponsorship between:
Have questions? Interested in joining the AI reading group? Contact David Busch at david.busch@tri-c.edu.
AI holds potential across the College. But we need to also be sure that we develop a critical relationship with it as a tool of learning.In this workshop, Lauren Goodlad, Ph.D., a professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and co-founder of Critical AI, and Matthew Stone, Ph.D., a professor of Computer Science at Rutgers, will introduce us to the history of AI and the technical aspects of natural language processing while also introducing principles for developing critical AI literacy.
Date: Friday, Oct. 25 Time: Noon – 3 p.m. Location: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center (Tri-C Eastern Campus)
Open to Tri-C faculty and staff and partner institutional faculty and staff. Register Here
AI holds potential across the College. But we need to also be sure that we develop a critical relationship with it as a tool of learning. In this workshop, Lauren Goodlad, Ph.D., a professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and co-founder of Critical AI, and Matthew Stone, Ph.D., a professor of Computer Science at Rutgers, will introduce us to the history of AI and the technical aspects of natural language processing while also introducing principles for developing critical AI literacy.
Date: Saturday, Oct. 26 Time: Noon – 3 p.m. Location: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center (Tri-C Eastern Campus)
*Optional: Arrive at 10 a.m. for a reading and discussion group on N.K. Jemisin's How Long 'til Black Future Month?
Open to: Youth Humanities Academy student fellows, Mandel Scholars Academy students and alumni, and Cleveland Humanities Collaborative students and alumni. Register Here
How can AI help us move from ideation to creation? In this workshop, Professor Jimmy Kuehnle from the Cleveland Institute of Art will lead participants through a series of exercises to learn how to utilize different AI tools in art and beyond.
*Optional: Arrive at 930 a.m. for a reading and discussion group on N.K. Jemisin's How Long 'til Black Future Month?
Open to: Youth Humanities Academy student fellows, Mandel Scholars Academy students, Cleveland Humanities Collaborative students and Mandel Continuing Scholars. Register Here
Is our AI future utopic or dystopic? In this workshop, Cleveland sci-fi writer Isaiah Hunt will facilitate a creative writing workshop on the genre of “what if” and explore the ways we can use science fiction to further develop our critical literacy of AI.
Date: Saturday, Dec. 14 Time: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Location: Great Lakes Science Center
Open to: Youth Humanities Academy student fellows, Mandel Scholars Academy students, Cleveland Humanities Collaborative students and Mandel Continuing Scholars. Register Here
To be updated.
Date: Saturday, Feb. 15 Time: TBD Location: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center (Tri-C Eastern Campus)
Open to all.
Film screening (as part of the Cleveland International Film Festival). To be updated.
Date: TBD (end of March) Time: TBD Location: TBD
Open to all.
Interested in doing a deeper dive into generative AI as both a teaching and learning tool? Want to learn more about the history, culture and economics of AI? The center will also offer an occasional reading group on Fridays, where participants will read current scholarship on AI and "play" with generative AI tools.
