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Prof. cynthia breazeal, head of @mitPRG and @mitRAISE, talks to Natasha Singer about the #DayOfAI curriculum. "We want students to be informed, responsible users and informed, responsible designers of these technologies," she says. nytimes.com/2023/06/08/bus…

"Robots are going to be a new kind of social relationship; it might be like a pet, or it might be something totally different." Dr. Kate Darling, a research scientist with @mitPRG, talks to El País English Edition about AI, robots, + human relationships to technology. english.elpais.com/science-tech/2…

Congratulations to Jocelyn Shen, a research assistant in PersonalRobots, on being named as a finalist for the 2023 National Center for Women + Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing Collegiate Award from @ncwitaic! #NCWITAiC23 media.mit.edu/posts/jocelyn-…

Big shoutout to graduate students Safinah Ali, Daniella DiPaola, and Raechel Walker plus research assistant Matt Taylor for their work designing activities and contributing to training materials. We're excited to see Day of AI roll out all over the world

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An article co-authored by members of the Design Justice Project at MIT, including recent PhD grad @anastasiaostrow has been featured in ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. Check it out: asmejmd.org/2023/07/12/wha…

We're thrilled to announce that Huili Chen has been promoted to Postdoctoral Associate in the Personal Robots group. 👩‍🔬🤖 Congratulations, Huili, on this well-deserved recognition of your hard work and dedication! 🥳

"What does it mean to be verbally or physically violent toward an artificial agent?" PRG research scientist Kate Darling (Kate Darling ) delves into this thought-provoking topic for BBC Science Focus. Read on: sciencefocus.com/news/act-robot…

Congratulations to PhD student Safinah Ali (safinah) on being selected as the Media Lab’s Teaching Development Fellow for the 2023–2024 academic year! 🎉👏 We are proud to have Safinah represent our department and shape the future of education

Profs. Harold Abelson (MIT EECS + MIT CSAIL), cynthia breazeal (PersonalRobots), and Eric Klopfer (MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing) have received a seed grant from MIT Schwarzman College of Computing for their project “Generative AI Augmented Software Tools to Democratize Programming.” news.mit.edu/2023/artificia…

“We need to find a balance between making sure we can support innovation…and make sure we're putting policies in place that are protecting the public.” @forbes #50over50 honorees, including Prof. Cynthia Breazeal (@mitprg) discuss responsibility and AI. forbes.com/sites/forbeswo…

Safinah Ali (safinah), a PhD student in PersonalRobots, was a curriculum designer and educator for the 2023 edition of the Science Research Mentoring Program at American Museum of Natural History, focusing on Machine Learning and AI in Scientific Research. media.mit.edu/posts/srmp-amn…

Dr. Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist in PersonalRobots, is developing personal robot technology that can provide social and emotional support in English and Arabic. “As a child,” she says, “I wished for a robot that would explain others’ emotions to me." news.mit.edu/2023/making-li…

Five Media Lab students have received 2023 MIT Presidential Fellowship awards! Congrats to Ila Kumar (Affective Computing), Kimaya Lecamwasam (Opera of the Future), Cecilé Sadler (Lifelong Kindergarten), Aastha Shah (Conformable Decoders), + Raechel Walker (PersonalRobots) media.mit.edu/posts/five-med…

Congratulations to Hanya Elhashemy, who just completed her Master's Thesis under MIT App Inventor & TU München! 🎊 Nominated for the best thesis award in Germany, Hanya's work focuses on democratizing #DataScience #Education for young learners 📊🎓

Check out the preprint of our HRI2024 full paper. Integrating Flow Theory and Adaptive Robot Roles: A Conceptual Model of Dynamic Robot Role Adaptation for the Enhanced Flow Experience in Long-term Multi-person Human-Robot Interactions arxiv.org/pdf/2401.02833…

“The next generation of students is growing up among these technologies that we couldn’t even dream of." PersonalRobots is designing middle school curricula about AI tools that generate creative and emotional images. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3vauBU0 Watch ⬇️ bit.ly/47Ql4ie

cynthia breazeal SUCCESS Magazine Find out more about cynthia breazeal’s work at the Media Lab, where she leads @mitprg. She is also MIT dean for digital learning, and director of the MIT-wide Initiative on Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (@mitraise). media.mit.edu/videos/pr-2023…