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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
Post Research

"AI Comes Out of the Closet" seeks to merge AI and LGBTQIA+ advocacy in a way as innovative as it is necessary

This research shows how AI can support LGBTQIA+ advocacy, how technology might help create a more accepting + understanding society.

April 6, 2024
in Tangible Media · Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
#artificial intelligence #civic technology #learning + teaching +16 more
Project Research

AI Comes Out of the Closet: Using AI-Generated Virtual Characters to Help Individuals Practice LGBTQIA+ Advocacy

AbstractDespite significant historical progress, discrimination and social stigma continue to impact the lives of LGBTQIA+ individuals. The…

in Tangible Media · Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Daniel Pillis · Pat Pataranutaporn +2 more
#artificial intelligence #civic technology #learning + teaching +16 more
Research
Fluid Interfaces

Designing Systems for Cognitive Support

#robotics #design #social networks +62 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Future Sketches

Exploring the essence of code as a creative medium

#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +31 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
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
Research
Tangible Media

Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people

#robotics #design #virtual reality +77 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
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
Article Research

AI raises complicated questions about authorship

Robert Mahari, a PhD student in the Human Dynamics group, and other experts talk to Inside Higher Ed about copyright & generative AI tools.

via Inside Higher Ed · Aug. 22, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#art #artificial intelligence #machine learning +4 more
Article Research

Generative AI is a minefield for copyright law

Postdoc Ziv Epstein, PhD student Robert Mahari, & Harvard Law lecturer Jessica Fjeld consider the issues of generative AI and copyright law.

via The Conversation · June 15, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#art #artificial intelligence #ethics +1 more
Archived
Project Research

AI Alchemy Lab

Al·che·my is the process of transformation, creation, and combination. It is in this conceptual space that we frame the convergence of huma…

in Human Dynamics · MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Ziv Epstein · Hope Schroeder
#art #artificial intelligence #environment +4 more
Archived
Article Research

The "godfather of AI" says he's worried about "the end of people"

Ziv Epstein, a researcher in the Human Dynamics group, discusses the relationship between humans and AI and where it could be headed.

via CBC Radio · May 3, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#artificial intelligence #law #neural interfacing and control
Article Research

Is the panic over AI art overblown? We speak with artists and experts.

Lawsuits over the development and use of AI tools can have huge implications on the creative process and intellectual property ownership.

via Vice · Feb. 22, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #artificial intelligence #creativity +1 more

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