The AI and Human Flourishing Ecosystem Map is a living systems map that visualizes the global network of organizations, research institutio…
The State of AI and Human Flourishing Survey is a research initiative from the MIT Media Lab’s Advancing Humans with AI (AHA) program exami…
The Advancing Humans with AI (AHA) research program at the MIT Media Lab explores research on AI and human psychology. We explore how…
Seeing Is Not Believing: Realistic AI Videos Disrupt Confidence in Authentic Videos and Perceived RealityVisual media has long served as a …
Neural Transparency: Mechanistic Interpretability Interfaces for Anticipating Model Behaviors for Personalized AIMillions of users now desi…
As AI systems evolve from external tools to wearable interfaces and prospective neural implants, the proximity between human cognition and …
New Report: Towards Open Benchmarks for Human Flourishing with AIMost AI benchmarks measure how smart models are—but not how they aff…
AI Wrapped 2025AI Wrapped offers a personalized journey through your year in AI conversations, revealing how you've used AI tools, what you…
Can AI Predict Human Happiness? Researchers Simulate Well-Being for 64,000 Individuals WorldwideA new study reveals both promise and peril …
The emergence of AI companion applications has created novel forms of intimate human-AI relationships, yet empirical research on these comm…
This project presents a comprehensive analysis of how artificial intelligence (AI)–generated medical responses are perceived and evaluated …
The Global Observatory monitors worldwide impact of AI adoption across cultures, tracking both positive and negative outcomes such as over-…
As AI systems become increasingly integrated into daily life, their capacity to both enhance and undermine human flourishing demands rigoro…
Project OverviewThe Atlas of Human-AI Interaction is an innovative framework that maps the complex landscape of empirical findings in human…
Animal-Human-AI Interaction Design Challenge for Promoting Deeper Connection with Naturehttps://moodeng.media.mit.edu/This challenge w…
OceanChat: The Effect of Virtual Conversational AI Agents on Sustainable Attitude and Behavior ChangeMarine ecosystems face unprecede…
People use AI chatbots like ChatGPT in many ways—asking questions, sparking creativity, solving problems, and even for personal interaction…
Pat Pataranutaporn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USANattavudh Powdthavee, Nanyang Technological Universi…
In the contemporary media landscape dominated by discourse surrounding AI-generated content, this project inverts the paradigm by examining…
We present three interconnected studies examining how artificial intelligence technologies can induce and amplify false memories in human s…
We propose a computational approach to preserve traditional dance as living cultural heritage, exploring the use of technology to capture k…
This research aims to address the timely and timeless challenge of human-computer interaction by focusing on designing and studying human-A…
The Machine Ghost in the Human Shell by Kawita Vatanajyankur and Pat Pataranutaporn is set to premier at the 11th Asia Pacific Tr…
Fostering students' interests in learning is considered to have many positive downstream effects. Large language models have opened up new …
Evolving Cultural Heritage through Collaborative Choreography with Generative Virtual CharactersThis project aims to develop new methods fo…
AbstractAs conversational agents powered by large language models become more human-like, users are starting to view them as companions rat…
Fostering students’ interest in learning has many positive downstream effects. It can make students more persistent and impact student…
A Distance Learning Model for Global Laboratory-Based Synthetic Biology Education
We present a novel video compression pipeline, called Txt2Vid, which dramatically reduces data transmission rates by compressing webcam vid…
While some Human-Computer Integration (HInt) systems have successfully demonstrated that humans and technology can be physically and functi…
Critical thinking is an essential human skill. Despite the importance of critical thinking, research reveals that our reasoning ability suf…
Say hello to FutureYou!Imagine stepping into a time machine and having a conversation with your future self. What would you ask? What unex…
CyberBiome is a programmable bio-digital organ, a wearable biosynthesis platform for personalized, on-demand production of therapeutics and…
Advances in machine learning have recently enabled the synthesis of text, images, audio and video data, in what is referred to as Generativ…
Mental Machine: Labour in the Self Economy, 2022, is a live performance by Kawita Vatanajyankur made in collaboration with Pat Patara…
A Conversation with the Sun is an artistic exploration by acclaimed Thai auteur and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul in collaboration…
MicroPET is an autonomous payload for enzymatic reactions and microbial cultivation with fully programmable serial passaging and sampl…
We explore how AI-systems can effectively assist human reasoning processes by building and evaluating combined human+AI information process…
ACM CHI 2025 · Research PublicationApril 2025In a randomized controlled trial study, “Deceptive Explanations by Large Language Models …
People die twice.First, when they die.Then when they are forgotten.Rokusuke Ei (1933-2016)
The "dream" has historically been conceived in the West as internal, entirely private, impossibly personal. This is at odds with much of th…
Perceptual illusions have the power to change our abilities and behaviours. Prior research in virtual reality (VR) has shown that transport…
In collaboration with NTT DATAEvery human culture has developed practices and rituals associated with remembering those who have died. We a…
This research presents the results of a study with 134 participants to explore the effects of learning from an AI-generated virtual in…
Advancements in machine learning have recently enabled the hyper-realistic synthesis of prose, images, audio and video data, in what is ref…
This video interview is a part of Media Lab X.0: Anthology of Tomorrows.In 2020, first-year PhD students at the MIT Media Lab were tas…
This project was selected to represent MIT at the Microsoft Design Expo 2020 on ‘Healthier Futures.’ iNonymizeA tele-mental health pla…
Wearable Reasoner: Towards Enhanced Human Rationality through a Wearable AI AssistantWe present "Wearable Reasoner," a proof-of-concep…
Wearable Wisdom: An Intelligent Audio-Based System for Mediating Wisdom and AdviceHaving good mentors and role models is important for pers…
Our body and mind relate in ways which are extraordinarily enigmatic and seemingly incomprehensible. Recent findings exemplify this by show…
Lab on Body, Synthetic Biology, and Bio-Digital Systems for Health and Human Enhancement
Living Bits : Opportunities and Challenges for Integrating Living Microorganisms in Human-Computer InteractionThere are trillions of living…
Living in space could have significant physical and mental impacts on astronauts. Wearables have the potential to play a critical role in m…