MIT Concourse: AI prompts renewed focus on humanistic inquiry
MIT’s Concourse first-year program — a 50-student humanities strand that pairs with math and science requirements — reports that AI has intensified students’ engagement with questions about what it means to be human, intelligence, and judgment. Faculty (including Linda Rabieh) and students use great books, debates, and collaborations such as the MIT Civil Discourse Project to explore moral and political issues and sustain a community of ongoing participation.