The HUMAN Book Club, sponsored by the HUMAN grant, will be convening this year to discuss ethical matters related to Artificial Intelligence. This multi-year initiative 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.
Our goal for the HUMAN Book Club is to process the implications of AI in community so that our campus can thoughtfully navigate how this technology shapes our teaching, research, and broader comportment.
We have an exciting line up of books reflecting on a variety of topics, including data, language, and the distinctiveness of human nature. Each session will have a different lead facilitator from our faculty and staff.
24/25 HUMAN Book Club Titles
Mollick, Ethan. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. London: WH Allen, 2024. Facilitated by Roshni Patel.
Christian, Brian. The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive. London: Penguin, 2012. Facilitated by Tommy Crawford.
Stephenson, Neal. Fall; or, Dodge in Hell. New York, NY: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2020. Facilitated by Joshua Corey.
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Klara and the Sun. New York: Vintage, 2022. Facilitated by Davis Schneiderman.
O’Gieblyn, Meghan. God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning. First Edition. New York: Doubleday, 2021. Facilitated by Tessa Sermet
Buolamwini, Joy. Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines. New York: Random House, 2023. Facilitated by Sara Jamshidi