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Harper Lecture - 'The Bot and Me': AI and the future of human relationships with James Evans, Bernard Koch, and Chenhao Tan

Monday, March 2

NPR Short Wave Podcast - AI is helping individual scientists, study suggests — but not science; Prof. James Evans discusses research that suggests AI can personally benefit researchers while narrowing scientific inquiry

Wednesday, February 18

Huffington Post - Sociology Expert [Prof. Julian Go] Says ICE’s Violent Tactics In the U.S. Are A Clear Example Of The 'Imperial Boomerang'

Friday, February 6

What Comes After Science? New article explores how AI is transforming discovery

Wednesday, February 4

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Four UChicago Researchers Named Rising Stars in Data Science

Wednesday, February 4

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UChicago Researchers Help Launch First International Conference on AI Scientists in Beijing

Wednesday, February 4

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New Research Shows How AI Tools Are Expanding Individual Capabilities While Contracting Scientific Attention

Wednesday, February 4

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Who Bears the Burden of Technological Change?

Wednesday, February 4

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Science - AI has supercharged scientists–but may have shrunk science; Prof. James Evans discusses conflict between individual incentives to produce research and "science as a whole"

Wednesday, February 4

IEEE Spectrum - AI Boosts Research Careers but Flattens Scientific Discovery; Prof. James Evans discusses conflict between individual incentives to produce research and "science as a whole"

Wednesday, January 21