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MIT SHASS 75th symposium highlights humanities’ role amid AI-driven change

At the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences 75th Anniversary Symposium (Sept. 24–25), faculty, leaders, and alumni discussed how artificial intelligence is reshaping teaching, research, and society, emphasizing a human-centered approach. Speakers highlighted MIT’s new Human Insight Collaborative (launched 2024), teaching innovations, and a recent MIT report on AI and instruction as part of a call to rethink educational experiences and the role of humanities in addressing AI’s societal impacts.

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MIT Reads refocuses on fiction and memoir for the AI era, selects Ted Chiang's Exhalation for Fall 2026

As it marks its 10th anniversary, MIT Reads will shift its focus toward fiction and memoir to foster social connection amid AI-driven changes; the program was cited in MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training report as a way to strengthen community norms. President Sally Kornbluth selected Ted Chiang’s short-story collection Exhalation as the Fall 2026 book, and the program’s public author events and classroom tie-ins (including Compass 21.A01) will accompany the selection.

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