I am thrilled to have been selected for The HUMAN Residency Fellowship, through an exciting new partnership of Lake Forest College with Ragdale. Coming from a variety of disciplines, fellows Serena Dokuaa, GoldGrrl, Praba Pilar, Kate Reed, Özge Samanci, and Carissa Véliz will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and questions of equity and social justice through their creative works.

Ragdale Artistic Director Regin Igloria is thrilled to welcome the six artists to Ragdale’s creative and collaborative environment: “We received an incredible breadth of applications, and these six artists and thinkers stood out in their commitment to widening our understandings of the role of AI.”

The HUMAN Residency Fellowship is part of Lake Forest College's $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation for HUMAN: Humanities Understanding of the Machine-Assisted Nexus, Benefiting from the interdisciplinary expertise of Lake Forest’s diverse faculty, the wider HUMAN grant aspires to navigate the rapidly evolving technological advancements connected to AI and automation through a humanities lens that is historical, practical, and attuned to questions of ethics and social justice. At the highest level, HUMAN seeks to demonstrate that unchecked AI and automation can replicate and exacerbate social inequity, and disproportionally impact marginalized populations.

“Exploring the implications of artificial intelligence through the humanities is essential to prepare for the future,” said Schneiderman. “We are so pleased to collaborate with Ragdale and to bring these artists into a conversation that has been ongoing at Lake Forest College.”

More info at https://www.lakeforest.edu/news-and-events/human-residency-fellows-to-explore-ai-through-the-humanities