Technology and society
Technology and society

Technology and society

Artificial Intelligence Awards, honors and fellowships Economics Faculty Labor and jobs School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Technology and society

Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu Wins A.SK Social Science Award

The award honors research on public policy with a focus on economic and governmental reforms.

Artificial Intelligence Behavior Computer science and technology Human-computer interaction machine learning Media Lab Mental health Research School of Architecture and Planning Technology and society

Is AI in the eye of the beholder?

Study shows users can be primed to believe certain things about an AI chatbot’s motives, which influences their interactions with the chatbot.

Artificial Intelligence Center for International Studies Economics Ethics Government History Labor and jobs MIT Sloan School of Management Policy School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Social justice Social sciences Special events and guest speakers Technology and society

Who will benefit from AI?

In campus talk, Daron Acemoglu offers vision of “machine usefulness,” rather than autonomous “intelligence,” to help workers and spread prosperity.

Artificial Intelligence Arts Center for Art, Science and Technology Media Lab Music Music and theater arts School of Architecture and Planning School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Special events and guest speakers Technology and society Theater

Re-imagining the opera of the future

The iconic sci-fi opera “VALIS,” first composed by Professor Tod Machover in 1987, reboots at MIT for a new generation.

Administration Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Community Computer science and technology Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs) Faculty Funding Grants machine learning MIT Schwarzman College of Computing President Sally Kornbluth Provost Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences School of Science Technology and policy Technology and society

MIT scholars awarded seed grants to probe the social implications of generative AI

The 27 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.

Algorithms Anthropology Archeology Artificial Intelligence Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Computer science and technology Data Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) Ethics Health sciences and technology Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) Jameel Clinic machine learning Medicine MIT Schwarzman College of Computing National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public health Race and gender Research School of Engineering Technology and society

How an archeological approach can help leverage biased data in AI to improve medicine

Although computer scientists may initially treat data bias and error as a nuisance, researchers argue it’s a hidden treasure trove for reflecting societal values.

Aging Artificial Intelligence Global Human-computer interaction Mechanical engineering Media Lab Mental health Mentoring Middle East MIT Museum Personal robotics Profile Robotics Robots School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering Staff Technology and society Women in STEM

Making life friendlier with personal robots

Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist at the Media Lab, explores personal robot technology that explains emotions in English and Arabic.

Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Cities Collaboration Global Human-computer interaction International initiatives Internet Of Things machine learning MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Research Robotics School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Soft robotics Sustainability Technology and society Urban studies and planning

SMART launches research group to advance AI, automation, and the future of work

Mens, Manus and Machina (M3S) will design technology, training programs, and institutions for successful human-machine collaboration.

Aeronautical and astronautical engineering Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Comparative Media Studies/Writing Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Data Economics Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs) Funding Grants Human-computer interaction Industry Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) machine learning Media Lab MIT Schwarzman College of Computing MIT Sloan School of Management Operations research Physics Research School of Engineering School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences School of Science Technology and society

Artificial intelligence for augmentation and productivity

The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing awards seed grants to seven interdisciplinary projects exploring AI-augmented management.

Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Computer science and technology Data Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs) Health Care Health sciences and technology Human-computer interaction machine learning Medicine MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Research School of Engineering Social justice Technology and society

How machine learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment

MIT researchers investigate the causes of health-care disparities among underrepresented groups.