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Starting in 2024, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities and its various programs will offer a series of workshops around a chosen theme. This year's theme is: "Being Human in the Age of AI."
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here — or, depending on who you ask, some version of it. What does the presence of AI tools mean for us as creatives, independent thinkers and humans?Think about it. If AI tools can compose essays and short stories and create photographs and works of art, what is the place of human creation and expression in our world? Or, if algorithms determine our options for what to buy or what we experience, is personal freedom and choice possible in the age of AI algorithms and big data?Or, think about it in terms of our civic sphere. If AI tools can create images and produce text, how do we identify truth from falsehood? These questions surrounding creativity, independent thought, truth and more are age-old questions at the heart of humanities. Indeed, the advancement in the use of AI tools doesn't make the study of the humanities obsolete. Rather, the presence of such tools in our lives makes the study of the humanities just as important as ever.
Over the course of the 2024-2025 fall and spring semesters, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center and its many programs will sponsor a series of public events, seminars and workshops in partnership with local and national scholars who will engage these questions while also equipping students with methods for more intentional use of the new generative AI technologies. As part of this initiative, the Mandel Youth Humanities Academy and the Mandel Scholars Academy will curate a film screening and discussion of a film on AI.
Join the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center on a yearlong exploration to discover how the humanities can help us better understand and guide the ethical use of AI in Cleveland and beyond.
The Mandel Humanities Center's workshops are a joint sponsorship between:
Have questions? Interested in joining the AI reading group? Contact David Busch at david.busch@tri-c.edu.
AI holds potential across the College. But we need to also be sure that we develop a critical relationship with it as a tool of learning.In this workshop, Lauren Goodlad, Ph.D., a professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and co-founder of Critical AI, and Matthew Stone, Ph.D., a professor of Computer Science at Rutgers, will introduce us to the history of AI and the technical aspects of natural language processing while also introducing principles for developing critical AI literacy.
Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 Time: Noon – 3 p.m. Location: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center (Tri-C Eastern Campus)
Open to Tri-C faculty and staff and partner institutional faculty and staff.
AI holds potential across the College. But we need to also be sure that we develop a critical relationship with it as a tool of learning. In this workshop, Lauren Goodlad, Ph.D., a professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and co-founder of Critical AI, and Matthew Stone, Ph.D., a professor of Computer Science at Rutgers, will introduce us to the history of AI and the technical aspects of natural language processing while also introducing principles for developing critical AI literacy.
Date: Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 Time: Noon – 3 p.m. Location: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center (Tri-C Eastern Campus)
*Optional: Arrive at 10 a.m. for a reading and discussion group on N.K. Jemisin's How Long 'til Black Future Month?
Open to: Youth Humanities Academy student fellows, Mandel Scholars Academy students and alumni, and Cleveland Humanities Collaborative students and alumni.
How can AI help us move from ideation to creation? In this workshop, Professor Jimmy Kuehnle from the Cleveland Institute of Art will lead participants through a series of exercises to learn how to utilize different AI tools in art and beyond.
*Optional: Arrive at 930 a.m. for a reading and discussion group on N.K. Jemisin's How Long 'til Black Future Month?
Open to: Youth Humanities Academy student fellows, Mandel Scholars Academy students, Cleveland Humanities Collaborative students and Mandel Continuing Scholars.
Is our AI future utopic or dystopic? In this workshop, Cleveland sci-fi writer Isaiah Hunt will facilitate a creative writing workshop on the genre of “what if” and explore the ways we can use science fiction to further develop our critical literacy of AI.
Open to: Youth Humanities Academy student fellows, Mandel Scholars Academy students, Cleveland Humanities Collaborative students and Mandel Continuing Scholars.
Film screening (as part of the Cleveland International Film Festival). To be updated.
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025 Time: TBD Location: TBD
Open to all.
Why are the humanities important for the age of AI? In this workshop and pathway discussion, Jasmyn Samaroo will discuss the value of her humanities degree (literature) in a technology career (Microsoft and OpenAI). She will also facilitate a workshop on the ethics of AI use.
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025 Time: Noon – 3 p.m. Location: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center (Tri-C Eastern Campus)
Open to: Youth Humanities Academy student fellows, Mandel Scholars Academy students, Cleveland Humanities Collaborative students and Mandel Continuing Scholars. Register here.
