Joshua Rothman to speak on artificial intelligence April 22
Posted by Kimber Crull
Joshua Rothman, a staff writer for The New Yorker, will present a lecture titled “What A.I. Can’t Replace” at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at the Hasselmann Alumni House. A reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
Rothman will discuss why he believes artificial intelligence cannot replace certain human roles, including responsibility, opinion formation, artistic creation and other abstract functions.
Rothman joined The New Yorker in 2012 and writes a weekly column, titled “Open Questions,” which explores what it means to be human. He previously served as the magazine’s ideas editor, was an ideas columnist for The Boston Globe, and has taught at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Princeton University in 2002.
The lecture is part of a Missouri S&T series presented by the Public Scholars Network and the Weiner Endowment for the Humanities.
Posted by Kimber Crull
