AI and the Humanities

Course syllabus for the Master’s program in Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences, Humanitas University.

Session 1

Introduction

Dario Amodei, "Machines of Loving Grace: How AI Could Transform the World for the Better." Essay (October 2024).
AI Futures Project, "AI 2040: Plan A." Scenario published on the AI Futures Project blog.

Session 2

The Doctor, the Patient, and the Machine

Siddhartha Mukherjee, "A.I. Versus M.D." Published in The New Yorker (3 April 2017).

Session 3

AI, Ethics, and Environment

Excerpt from United Nations University (UNU-INWEH), Environmental Cost of AI's Energy Use: Carbon, Water and Land Footprints. Report (June 2026).

Session 4

AI and the Future of Work

Ted Chiang, "Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art." Published in The New Yorker (August 2024).
Ted Chiang, "The Evolution of Human Science." Short story published in Nature (2000).