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DESCRIPTION:Cultivating a Convivial Classroom in the Age of AI: How the Tec
 hnological Critics of the 20th Century Can Help Us Wisely Navigate Generat
 ive AI in Education\n\n \n\nDr. Josh Brake\, Associate Professor of Engine
 ering at Harvey Mudd College\n\n \n\nGenerative AI is dominating the conve
 rsation around education today. Sentiments span the spectrum from deeply f
 elt anxiety to unbridled optimism. Meanwhile\, individual educators and st
 udents are searching for solid footing as they seek to understand generati
 ve AI and its implications. While there is no shortage of books and blogs 
 offering suggestions for how we ought to respond\, these perspectives ofte
 n focus narrowly on the specific technology of generative AI without consi
 dering its broader historical\, social\, and technological context. Perhap
 s surprisingly\, some of the most insightful writing about AI was publishe
 d over fifty years before the phrase artificial intelligence was even coin
 ed. This collection of technological critics—writers and thinkers like N
 eil Postman\, Jacques Ellul\, Marshall McLuhan\, Ursula Franklin\, Lewis M
 umford\, Ivan Illich\, and C. S. Lewis—offers us a broader aperture thro
 ugh which to see education\, technology\, and their intersection. In this 
 talk\, we will explore what these thinkers have to offer us as we strive t
 o build a solid foundation and chart a wise path forward in a rapidly evol
 ving landscape.\n\n \n\nAll are welcome. Register via Zoom\n\n \n\nAbout t
 he Speaker\n\nJosh Brake is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Harve
 y Mudd College. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from t
 he California Institute of Technology and an M.S. and B.S. in Engineering 
 with an Electrical Concentration from LeTourneau University. He is the pri
 ncipal investigator of the Harvey Mudd Biophotonics Laboratory\, where he 
 has the privilege of guiding a group of talented and motivated Mudders to 
 build optical tools for biomedicine.\n\n \n\nIn addition to his teaching a
 nd research activities on campus\, Josh writes The Absent Minded Professor
 \, a weekly Substack about technology\, education\, and human flourishing.
  His weekly manifestos often orbit around his core conviction that the bui
 lders of the future must be deeply shaped by philosophy and the humanities
  in order for us to cultivate a flourishing future together. He is also a 
 Venture Partner with Praxis\, helping to advance redemptive quests to addr
 ess the major issues of our time.\n\n \n\nJosh lives in Southern Californi
 a with his wife and three young children. On evenings and weekends\, you
 ’ll often find him biking around town with the kids on the back of his c
 argo e-bike or making pizza in the Ooni. Except\, that is\, for Monday eve
 nings. On Monday evenings\, when the kids are in bed and the house is quie
 t\, you’ll find him head down at the keyboard\, feverishly cranking out 
 his next blog post.
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SUMMARY:Cultivating a Convivial Classroom in the Age of AI: How the Technol
 ogical Critics of the 20th Century Can Help Us Wisely Navigate Generative 
 AI in Education
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 oom-in-the-age-of-ai-how-the-technological-critics-of-the-20th-century-can
 -help-us-wisely-navigate-generative-ai-in-education
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