Humanists Talk about AI: A conversation with Eric Brown and Blake Francis 12-1 pm Wed. Feb. 18, 2026, room 216 PAHB

Humanists Talk about AI: A conversation with Eric Brown and Blake Francis

 12 - 1 PM Wed. Feb. 18, 2026, room 216 PAHB

UMBC Professors Eric Brown and Blake Francis will address the questions:
  • What do Humanities Professors think about AI?
  • How do historians and philosophers think about artificial intelligence?
  • How can the Humanities bring a critical perspective on AI?
Eric Brown is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Individualized Study Program and Affiliate Faculty in the Human Context of Science and Technology Program. Blake Francis is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Director of the Human Context of Science and Technology Program.

Students are especially encouraged to attend and pizza will be served. 

Space is limited so advanced registration is required.

Sponsored by the Dresher Center's Humanities & AI Working Group and the Human Context for Science and Technology program. Send questions to dreshercenter@umbc.edu.
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UMBC is offering another new class on AI this spring: 

PHIL 352: THE ETHICS OF AI & OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
SPRING 2026 | MW 2:30-3:45 | PAHB 229 | GEP: AH
Instructor: Dr. Blake Francis
Counts as an elective in the HCST certificate program

This course surveys ethical questions about the development, use, and regulation of AI and other technology. Topics to be discussed include surveillance, algorithmic fairness, self-driving cars, social media, the future of work, and the environmental impacts of AI. Competing ethical frameworks are used to evaluate how AI and other technologies affect society and the environment.

The course will be taught by Blake Francis who is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and also the director of UMBC's Human Context of Science and Technology program.

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Philosophy 378 will examine core questions about the nature of AI, such as: What is AI? What is the relationship between AI and scientific knowledge? How can bias in AI be addressed? Can AI predict, influence, or even control human behavior? What is the relationship between mind and machine? Can AI replicate human capacities for cognition, creativity, and consciousness? And what is the future of human-AI interactions?

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