AI and Human Innovation Initiative
A university-wide initiative to address AI with a humanities and fine arts approach.
UND's AI and Human Innovation Initiative brings an arts and humanities perspective to inquiry regarding AI's potential promise and peril, and its broader implications for society and culture. To nurture ethical and equitable AI use and development, the initiative advocates challenging and exploring AI's application through insights grounded in the arts and humanities.
It explores interdisciplinary AI application, creative pursuit, critical inquiry, and pedagogy; its ethos rests on the knowledge that AI impacts all human endeavors and that humanistic perspectives must inform the advance of this technology.
AI and Human Innovation Showcase
On February 28, 2025 UND held an AI and Human Innovation Showcase, featuring keynote speaker Sarah Newman who spoke about "Bringing Humanities Perspectives to AI." The day also included a panel discussion and presentations.
Sarah Newman
Keynote Speaker - Sarah Newman
Sarah Newman is Director of Art & Education at Harvard University’s metaLAB, at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Her work explores the social and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence through research and teaching. Newman leads the AI Pedagogy Project, which provides educators with guidance for responsibly engaging with AI. She is Co-founder of the Data Nutrition Project, which aims to mitigate bias in AI systems through tools and educational practices. Previous honors include: Harvard Assembly Fellow, Harvard Berkman Klein Fellow, a Rockefeller AI Resident, Artist-in-Residence at Northeastern School of Law, the Notre Dame Tech Ethics Lab grant, a National Endowment of the Arts grant, and winner of the Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity.
Media
- UND Today: AI and Human Innovation Showcase
- WDAY Radio: AI and Human Innovation Showcase
UND AI and Human Innovation Team
- Emily Cherry Oliver, Co-Director
- Anna Kinney, Co-Director
- Tami Carmichael, Associate Director of Interdisciplinary Studies
- Anne Kelsch, Founding Member and Lead Advisory