Events Archive
Devin Kennedy in Conversation with Daniel Williford
AI&U Internal Fellow Devin Kennedy discussed his new book, Coding Capitalism: Computers and the Remaking of the Postwar US Economy, on September 8, 2026 from 6:00pm-7:00pm at Mystery to Me Bookstore. In this book, he offers a new history of the digital economy, showing how the computer emerged from—and transformed—capitalism in the United States. He traces how computer science and technology were made by industry, which molded computation to manage factories, financial markets, and entire firms.
Exploring AI with Faculty Fellows in AI and Knowledge
This panel on April 16, 2026, hosted by the Center for Teaching and Research on Writing featured AI&U Fellows Ainehi Edoro and Anja Wanner discussing the relationship between technology, writing, and language in an age of generative artificial intelligence.
Xiaochang Li – Stanford University
Dr. Xiaochang Li from the Department of Communication gave a keynote lecture entitled “Unreasonable Effects: Speech Recognition, Language Models, and Algorithmic Knowledge” on March 19, 2026. Looking at the history of automatic speech recognition, her talk highlighted how the making of language into data in turn made data into an imperative, opening the door for the unchecked incursion of algorithmic authority into everyday life.
AI x Humanity Panel
As AI advances rapidly, questions about its ethical, cultural, and social implications are more urgent than ever. This public panel on March 11, 2026, organized by AI&U featured faculty who explore how AI intersects with meaning, knowledge, and human values (feat. Courtney Bell, Educational Psychology; John Curtin, Psychology, Jimmy Goodrich, Philosophy; and Catalina Toma, Communication Arts. Moderated by Jeremy Morris)