NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event. Quantum computing is arriving into institutions, supply chains, and geopolitical formations shaped by AI—this event will examine what…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, October 28 (5:30-7:00 PM) for a dual book talk with Michael Edison Hayden, author of Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town, and Christopher Mathias, author of To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. Jared Holt will…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge for a full-day, invite-only workshop on Human–Chatbot Interaction in Everyday Social Life, organized by Christopher Barrie and Tessa West. This workshop will bring together researchers working on how people are using AI chatbots in everyday social contexts, with a particular focus on two related questions: how we can collect and…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the AI in Society Working Group on Monday, November 2 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Philipp Brandt. He will discuss his book, Inside Data Science: Hackers and the Making of a New Profession, with Alice E. Marwick. Philipp Brandt is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Sciences…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Past and Future of Work Group on Wednesday, November 4 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with María E. Montoya. She will discuss her book, A Workplace of Their Own: Progressive Management of Workers and their Families in Colorado’s Coal Fields, with Eduardo Contreras, Kim Phillips-Fein, and Maia…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group for an event with Laura Field on November 9 at 5:30 PM. She will discuss her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, with Cristina Beltrán, Suzanne Schneider and George Schulman. Laura K. Field is an associate with…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Center for Human Rights & Global Justice at New York University’s School of Law on Wednesday, November 11 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Anand Giridharadas. He will discuss his new book, Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City, with Suketu Mehta….
RSVPCo-coordinators: Spencer Kaplan, Maggie Jack, and Maia Silber “The Past and Future of Work” group will situate ongoing conversations about the impact of technological change on the 21st-century workforce within histories and institutions of labor. Together, participants will examine the rise of artificial intelligence, the emergence of “gig” platforms, and the transition to remote work…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, November 16 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Guillermina Altomonte. She will discuss her book, Chasing Independence: Growing Old in the Shadow of an American Ideal, with Premilla Nadasen and Tina Sadarangani. Guillermina Altomonte is an assistant professor of sociology at New York University who works on…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Race and Public Space Working Group on Wednesday, November 18 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Michael Glass. He will discuss his book, Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America, with R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy and Andrew Needham. Michael Glass is an Associate Professor of History at…
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