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Project Research

Impact.AI: K-12 AI Literacy

Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are changing how many people play, work, learn, and govern themselves. Due to this rapid …

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Randi Williams · Cynthia Breazeal +1 more
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Project Research

Blockchain: A new framework for robotic swarm systems

Swarms of robots will revolutionize many applications, from targeted material delivery to farming. However, the characteristics that make t…

in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Eduardo Castello Ferrer
#robotics #art #artificial intelligence +15 more
Project Research

Objects as Cameras

Press: - MIT News:  Using reflections to see the world from new points of view- TechXplore, EuropaPress, La Nacion …

in Camera Culture · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Kushagra Tiwary · Nikhil Behari +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +7 more
Article Research

An AI opera from 1987 reboots for a new generation

At MIT, Tod Machover’s ‘VALIS’ receives its first staged production in over two decades

via The Boston Globe · Sept. 1, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#artificial intelligence #music
Project Research

VALIS: 2023 Production

Tod Machover’s first opera (he has now composed many more groundbreaking ones) was VALIS, and it made history when it premiered for the 10t…

in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Tod Machover
#artificial intelligence #music #creativity +1 more
Project Research

Tools to investigate societal impacts of robots and AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents in an embodied form, such as Jibo, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home, are increasingly becoming part of our…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Anastasia Ostrowski · Hae Won Park +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +5 more
Project Research

Commuting Flow Generation

Individual mobility, both within cities and across cities, significantly impacts various societal aspects, such as well-being, the spread o…

in City Science · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Ronan Doorley · Kent Larson +1 more
#artificial intelligence #social science #data science
Article Research

Kate Darling, robot expert: "We shouldn’t laugh at people who fall in love with a machine. It’s going to be all of us"

Dr. Kate Darling, a research scientist with the Media Lab’s Personal Robots group, talks to El País about human relationships to tech.

via El País · June 7, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#robotics #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +2 more
Article Research

ACM ByteCast: Pattie Maes

On the ACM ByteCast podcast, Fluid Interfaces head Pattie Maes talks to host Rashmi Mohan about the passion that has shaped her career.

via Association for Computing Machinery · June 1, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +4 more
Article Research

A deep dive into deepfakes

On BBC’s The Forum, host Iszi Lawrence tries a tool developed by Media Lab researchers that tests users' ability to detect deepfakes.

via BBC's The Forum · May 27, 2023
in Affective Computing · Responsive Environments · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #social media +2 more
Research
Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek

Inventing disruptive technologies for nanoelectronic devices and creating new paradigms for life-machine symbiosis

#robotics #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +22 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

The "godfather of AI" says he's worried about "the end of people"

Ziv Epstein, a researcher in the Human Dynamics group, discusses the relationship between humans and AI and where it could be headed.

via CBC Radio · May 3, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#artificial intelligence #law #neural interfacing and control
Article Research

AVID Open Access: Day of AI, with Randi Williams

On an episode of the Unpacking Education podcast, Randi Williams (a PhD student in the Personal Robots research group) talks Day of AI.

via AVID Open Access · May 3, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#robotics #artificial intelligence #kids +2 more
Article Research

AI literacy, explained

Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots research group, talks to Education Week about early opportunities for AI literacy.

via Education Week · May 10, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Research
Viral Communications

People and intelligent machines in a creative, symbiotic loop

#design #virtual reality #computer vision +45 more
Accepting Applicants
Publication Research

Using Generative AI to cultivate positive emotions and mindsets for self-development and learning

Joanne Leong. 2023. Using Generative AI to Cultivate Positive Emotions and Mindsets for Self-Development and Learning. XRDS 29, 3 (Spring 2023), 52–56. https://doi.org/10.1145/3589659

Article, April 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #learning + teaching +1 more
Post Research

Cynthia Breazeal named to 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 list

Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots research group, makes the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 list in the Innovation category

Aug. 23, 2023
in Personal Robots
#robotics #artificial intelligence
Research
MIT Center for Constructive Communication

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

#design #social networks #human-computer interaction +40 more
Research
Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

#robotics #design #virtual reality +72 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Affective Computing

Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion

#robotics #design #social networks +58 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Sculpting Evolution

Cultivating wisdom through evolutionary and ecological engineering

#robotics #design #social networks +41 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

AI is taking music lessons. They’re not going great.

Professor Tod Machover, head of the Media Lab’s Opera of the Future group, talks to the Washington Post about AI, music, & human creativity.

via The Washington Post · Feb. 16, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#artificial intelligence #music #storytelling +3 more
Article Research

Do scientists have superpowers?

Randi Williams, who is a PhD student in the Media Lab’s Personal Robots group, joins other talented scientists to talk about their careers.

via Brains On · Feb. 7, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#robotics #artificial intelligence #kids +5 more
Publication Research

FathomNet: A global image database for enabling artificial intelligence in the ocean

Katija, K., Orenstein, E., Schlining, B. et al. FathomNet: A global image database for enabling artificial intelligence in the ocean. Sci Rep 12, 15914 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19939-2

Article, Sept. 2022
in Responsive Environments · Open Ocean · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds +1 more
#artificial intelligence #imaging #machine learning +2 more
Article Research

Generative AI for makers: AI has truly arrived — and it’s here to help you make and craft

Personal Robots alum Stefania Druga and editor Keith Hammond explore the ways that crafters and makers can use generative AI techniques.

via MAKE: Magazine · Feb. 8, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #architecture #art +4 more
Article Research

Is the panic over AI art overblown? We speak with artists and experts.

Lawsuits over the development and use of AI tools can have huge implications on the creative process and intellectual property ownership.

via Vice · Feb. 22, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #artificial intelligence #creativity +1 more
Research
Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)

Digital Currency Initiative

#artificial intelligence #banking and finance #civic technology +20 more
Research
Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

#robotics #design #social networks +77 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Publication Research

Latent Lab: Large Language Models for Knowledge Exploration

Academic Paper, June 2023
in Viral Communications
#design #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +1 more
Archived
Research
Social Machines

Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks

#design #social networks #computer vision +50 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

MIT-Pillar AI Collective announces first seed grant recipients

Six teams conducting research in AI, data science, + machine learning receive funding for projects with potential commercial applications.

via MIT News · June 22, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #data #machine learning +1 more
Article Research

Day of AI curriculum meets the moment

Global participation in MIT RAISE’s free K-12 program more than doubles in its second year.

via MIT News · June 26, 2023
in RAISE
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #government +12 more
Publication Research

Conformal Prediction with Large Language Models for Multi-Choice Question Answering

Kumar, B.*, Lu, C.*, Gupta, G., Palepu, A., Bellamy, D., Raskar, R., & Beam, A. "Conformal Prediction with Large Language Models for Multi-Choice Question Answering." Neural Conversational AI Workshop at ICML 2023.

Academic Paper, July 2023
in Camera Culture
#artificial intelligence #machine learning #natural language processing
Publication Research

Federated Conformal Predictors for Distributed Uncertainty Quantification

Lu, C.*, Yu, Y.*, Karimireddy, S. P., Jordan, M. I., & Raskar, R. (2023). Federated Conformal Predictors for Distributed Uncertainty Quantification. Fortieth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2023)

Proceedings, July 2023
in Camera Culture
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #machine learning +1 more
Article Research

If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?

MIT Media Lab postdoc Ziv Epstein discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.

via MIT News · June 15, 2023
in Affective Computing · Human Dynamics · Viral Communications +1 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +8 more
Research
Tangible Media

Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people

#robotics #design #virtual reality +63 more
Accepting Applicants
Gallery Research

Day of AI 2023: Photo gallery

View photos from the Day of AI event this year, which happened on May 18.

by Sarah Beckmann · June 8, 2023
in Personal Robots · RAISE
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching
Post Research

Day of AI 2023: Press Round-Up

This event congregated a community of educators around the world to celebrate and share class content using the Day of AI curriculum.

June 7, 2023
in RAISE
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching
Project Research

Detect DeepFakes: How to counteract misinformation created by AI

Participate in the experiment at https://detectfakes.media.mit.eduCheck out our publications in PNAS, a workshop at IJCAI, and pre-pri…

in Affective Computing
Aruna Sankaranarayanan · Matthew Groh +5 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #data +7 more
Research
Personal Robots

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

#robotics #design #virtual reality +73 more
Accepting Applicants
Post Research

Prathima Muniyappa and Alexandra Rieger among 2024 cohort of MIT MAD Design Fellows

The MAD Fellowship is an opportunity for MIT grad students to propose a research-oriented or personal design project.

May 9, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Space Enabled
#artificial intelligence #music #neurobiology +3 more
Article Research

Using reflections to see the world from new points of view

A new computer vision system turns any shiny object into a camera of sorts, enabling an observer to see around corners or beyond obstruction

via MIT News · May 10, 2023
in Camera Culture
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #sensors +5 more
Article Research

A chatbot that asks questions could help you spot when it makes no sense

Researchers from Fluid Interfaces presented this research at the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

via MIT Technology Review · April 28, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #technology #cognitive science
Archived
Project Research

Deep Angel: The AI behind the aesthetics of absence

Deep Angel is an artificial intelligence that erases objects from photographs. The algorithm is hosted on http://deepangel.media.mit.e…

in Scalable Cooperation
Abhimanyu Dubey · Niccolo Pescetelli +5 more
#artificial intelligence #social media #imaging
Archived
Project Research

AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning

This research presents the results of a study with 134 participants to explore the effects of learning from an AI-generated virtual in…

in Fluid Interfaces
Valdemar Danry · Joanne Leong +3 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #extended intelligence +2 more
Article Research

Robot ChatGPT, GPT-4: "It's time to slow down the development of artificial intelligence"

Researcher Pattie Maes believes it's crucial to build machines to support our intelligence rather than replace it.

via Le Point · March 16, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #code
Research
Opera of the Future

Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation

#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +67 more
Accepting Applicants
Publication Research

AI-generated characters for supporting personalized learning and well-being

Pataranutaporn, P., Danry, V., Leong, J. et al. AI-generated characters for supporting personalized learning and well-being. Nat Mach Intell (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-021-00417-9

Academic Paper, Dec. 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence
Publication Research

AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning

P. Pataranutaporn* J. Leong*, V. Danry*, A. Lawson, P. Maes, M. Sra. 2022. *Co-first authorship ”AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning” to appear in FIE 2022, October 8-11, Uppsala, Sweden.

Proceedings, Oct. 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #learning + teaching
Thesis Research

Investigating the Use of Synthetic Media and Real-Time Virtual Camera Filters for Supporting Communication and Creativity

Leong, Joanne. Investigating the Use of Synthetic Media and Real-Time Virtual Camera Filters for Supporting Communication and Creativity. 2021. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MS Thesis.

Thesis, Feb. 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +2 more
Article Research

The A.I. Chatbots Have Arrived. Time to Talk to Your Kids.

Artificial intelligence can make adults nervous, but experts say exploring it as a family is the best way to understand its pros and cons.

via The New York Times · March 22, 2023
in Personal Robots · RAISE
#artificial intelligence #health #kids +3 more
Project Research

Synthetic Self-Perception

Perceptual illusions have the power to change our abilities and behaviours. Prior research in virtual reality (VR) has shown that transport…

in Fluid Interfaces
Joanne Leong · Pat Pataranutaporn +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +5 more
Archived
Project Research

Paper Dreams

Paper Dreams explores how human creativity can be supported by artificial intelligence.Prior research on AI and creativity has primarily fo…

in Fluid Interfaces
Guillermo Bernal
#design #art #artificial intelligence +8 more
Archived
Project Research

Meet the Ganimals

New generative AI technologies (such as the Generative Adversarial Network, or GAN) can allow us to imagine new species. Hidden within the …

in Human Dynamics · Open Ocean · Responsive Environments +1 more
Ziv Epstein · Abhimanyu Dubey +2 more
#artificial intelligence #environment #ocean
Article Research

Dr. Joy Buolamwini featured on Last Week Tonight

The segment highlighted Dr. Buolamwini's work on bias in AI.

March 1, 2023
in Center for Civic Media · Civic Media
#artificial intelligence #civic media #racial justice
Post Research

MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2023 Brings Dreams to Life

Ruihan Zhang, a student in the Molecular Machines group, was lead organizer of this event in collaboration with MIT Film Makers Association

Feb. 15, 2023
in Tangible Media · Molecular Machines · Fluid Interfaces
#art #artificial intelligence #entertainment +5 more
Publication Research

Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts

Smith, A., Schroeder, H., Epstein, Z., Cook, M., Colton, S., & Lippman, A. (2023). Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts.

Academic Paper, Feb. 2023
in Human Dynamics · Viral Communications · MIT Center for Constructive Communication
#artificial intelligence #creativity
Post Research

Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts

Does using text-to-image models like Stable Diffusion in the creative process affect what people make in the physical world?

Feb. 13, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Viral Communications · MIT Center for Constructive Communication
#artificial intelligence #environment #creativity
Post Research

Dentsu collaboration with Affective Computing group

Member company Dentsu and the Affective Computing research group have been collaborating on a research project to use smartphone and d…

Dec. 15, 2021
in Affective Computing
#artificial intelligence #wellbeing
Article Research

How soon will M3gan become reality? Robot ethicists weigh in

Kate Darling talks about the film M3gan and the future of artificial intelligence systems designed to have human relationships.

via The Guardian · Jan. 16, 2023
in Personal Robots
#robotics #artificial intelligence #entertainment +2 more
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