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Session 3: Computing, Self, and Society

Name: Session 3: Computing, Self, and Society
Start: 2026-09-24T14:15:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-09-24T15:30:00.000-04:00
Location: Linde Music Building, 201 Amherst St, Cambridge, 02139

SHASS 75th Anniversary Symposium

Linde Music Building, 201 Amherst St, Cambridge, 02139

Welcome! To join the event, please register below.

About Event

Join us for a conversation with SHASS scholars to examine critical questions: How does computing transform society? What are the economic, political, and ethical consequences of AI? Who benefits and who gets left behind?

Panelists:

David Autor, the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor; Head, Department of Economics
D. Fox Harrell, Professor of Digital Media, Computing, & AI; Comparative Media Studies, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), and Institute for Data Systems, and Society (IDSS)
Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor, Department of Economics and the Peter de Florez Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Sherry Turkle, the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, Program in Science, Technology, and Society

Moderator

Bernardo Zacka, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Location

Linde Music Building, 201 Amherst St, Cambridge, 02139

Presented by

SHASS 75th Anniversary Symposium

Join us Sept. 24-25 for a SHASS celebration featuring topical faculty panel discussions, music and theater arts performances, and alumni talks! Register separately for each session you plan to attend.

AI