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What Happens When The Bots Get Smarter? Philosophical and Social Challenges for the Future of Artificial Intelligence
In this talk, Susan Schneider will discuss the implications of the continuing trend toward increasing machine intelligence. Focusing on the future versions of the now-familiar case of chatbots like GPT, she will conside…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-happens-when-bots-get-smarter-philosophical-and-social-challenges-future-artificialRemarkably Bright Creatures
A lonely older woman, an unmoored young man...and a snarky Giant Pacific Octopus. In Shelby Van Pelt's novel, REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES (2022, HarperCollins), these characters come together to discover the power of fi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/remarkably-bright-creaturesThe Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives
Democracy means having no boss other than ourselves. Democratic citizens rule themselves, directly or through their chosen representatives; they reject the rule of any individual, junta, or tyrannical majority. Democrac…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/civic-bargain-how-democracy-survivesAthDocs: The Trials of Constance Baker Motley
Join the Athenaeum for the inaugural event of the new series, "AthDocs," featuring thought-provoking and incisive documentaries and conversations with filmmakers. Joel Motley, son of civil rights activist Constance Bake…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/athdocs-trials-constance-baker-motleyBarred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison
Thousands of innocent people are behind bars in the United States. But proving their innocence and winning their release is nearly impossible. In this lecture, legal scholar Daniel Medwed will argue that our justice sys…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/barred-why-innocent-cant-get-out-prisonWhoever Tells the Story Writes History
...And the story we tell becomes the world we live in. Katie Orenstein, CEO/Founder of The OpEd Project, will discuss knowledge and power and what it takes to change hearts and minds. Over 15 years, The OpEd Project has…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/whoever-tells-story-writes-historyCrescit cum Religione Civitas: Why the Study of Religion Matters
Join members of the CMC's Religious Studies Department for a discussion of the study of religion at the Claremont Colleges. This roundtable includes experts on Reformation Christianity, ancient Judaism, Hinduism, and Is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/crescit-cum-religione-civitas-why-study-religion-mattersAthDocs: Abundance - How a Group of College Students Started One of The Fastest Growing Nonprofits in the Country
AthDocs returns for a screening of the award-winning 23-minute documentary Abundance (watch the trailer here) and for a discussion with Owen Dubeck '19, the film's director. Owen is also a founding member of the organiz…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/athdocs-abundance-how-group-college-students-started-one-fastest-growing-nonprofits"Stay In Your Lane!" -- Whose Story Is It, And Who Gets To Tell It?
The publishing industry says it wants more "diverse voices," attached to "diverse stories." But what does that mean? Can the diverse voices only write identity-based stories? Can non-white people write white characters?…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/stay-your-lane-whose-story-it-and-who-gets-tell-itReligion and Placemaking in the Wake of Catastrophe
Over the course of the twentieth century, Shia Ismaili Muslim communities were repeatedly displaced. How, in the aftermath of these displacements, did they remake their communities? Professor Shenila Khoja-Moolji highli…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/religion-and-placemaking-wake-catastrophe