This week, Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett joins us to discuss the existential threat that A.I. poses to the traditional humanities degree and why he believes we’ll see thousands of new schools emerge outside the university system to carry on the exploration of what it means to be a person in the world.

Guests:
D. Graham Burnett, historian of science and technology at Princeton University
https://history.princeton.edu/people/...

Additional Reading:
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the...

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