Category Archives: Digital society

“Adventures in AI” special exhibition wraps up this weekend

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

If you happen to be in San Francisco in the next couple of days, you might want to check out the final weekend of this temporary exhibit at the Exploratorium museum, running through Sunday (Sept. 14) at Pier 15 on … Continue reading →

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Should AI Get Legal Rights? | WIRED

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Very interesting article published yesterday in Wired magazine. “Model welfare” is an emerging field of research that seeks to determine whether AI is conscious and, if so, how humanity should respond (e.g., should AI have/deserve “rights”?) — Read on http://www.wired.com/story/model-welfare-artificial-intelligence-sentience/

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Figuring out my office thermostat, 21st-century style

Posted on May 19, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Today is the day my spring semester grades are due. Exams and classes are finished. Which means that the building my office is in, the Grohmann Museum, was not open yet when I came in this morning. Usually, during the … Continue reading →

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Oh, the irony!

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Because many of the courses I teach in the User Experience (UX) program at Milwaukee School of Engineering are subjects that didn’t even really exist 40 years ago and are still growing and developing domain parameters by the day (e.g., … Continue reading →

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Extinction immanent? (and imminent?) Michael Crichton on “cyberspace” dooming human innovation/evolution and forecasting the end of the species

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I’m teaching “Digital Society” this semester, and as fate would have it, over my holiday break I decided to read Michael Crichton’s The Lost World, a novel I’d never read before even though I love Michael Crichton and have probably … Continue reading →

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Teaching with AI

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

I recently joined a small group of faculty and administrators on campus that meets every two weeks to talk shop (research, theory, practice) on the topic of AI in higher education. Our official committee designation is “community of practice,” and … Continue reading →

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Is AI creative? | Vox

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Essayist and author Meghan O’Gieblyn on the meaning of art in the age of artificial intelligence. — Read on http://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/376192/tga-meghan-ogieblyn-creativity-art-ai ~~ This article frames a podcast conversation between Meghan O’Gieblyn and Sean Illing, Vox writer and host of “The Gray … Continue reading →

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The Invention of Morel

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Our MSOE (Milwaukee School of Engineering) Faculty and Staff Book Club met Monday night to discuss this short but fascinating novel. But first a “prologue,” complete with photo. We meet at a place called The Explorium Brewpub, which is located … Continue reading →

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Algorithms: Looking for love in all the wrong places?

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Really interesting, provocative article here from Time magazine by Apryl Williams, Assistant Professor of Communication and Digital Studies at the University of Michigan, on how dating apps insert and perpetuate race- and appearance-based parameters into technology intended to help people … Continue reading →

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How does AI square with religion?

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Because I teach political science courses, as well as a course titled “Digital Society,” I subscribe to an email newsletter from Project Liberty. Some info on that: Project Liberty is advancing the responsible development of the internet of tomorrow – … Continue reading →

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