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Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

#robotics #design #social networks +79 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people

#robotics #design #social networks +85 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience

#robotics #design #social networks +149 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing

#robotics #design #social networks +134 more
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Future Sketches

Exploring the essence of code as a creative medium

#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +31 more
Accepting Applicants
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Viral Communications

People and intelligent machines in a creative, symbiotic loop

#design #virtual reality #computer vision +45 more
Accepting Applicants
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Affective Computing

Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion

#robotics #design #social networks +60 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in

#robotics #design #social networks +144 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity

#robotics #design #social networks +136 more
Post Research

Live-Coding, Performance, And Computational Art With Char Stiles

Arts in Tech Podcast based in Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University Interviews Char Stiles from Future Sketches

Jan. 30, 2024
in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #art #augmented reality +3 more
Research
MIT Center for Constructive Communication

Designing tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society

#robotics #design #social networks +50 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

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

The 27 finalists will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.

via MIT News · Sept. 18, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#artificial intelligence #politics #social science +5 more
Article Research

If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?

MIT Media Lab postdoc Ziv Epstein discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.

via MIT News · June 15, 2023
in Affective Computing · Human Dynamics · Viral Communications +1 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +8 more

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