The internet. Smartphones. Social media. Connected devices. Machine learning. Digital technology is changing the world on an enormous scale. That includes the things that make us human: our sense of personal identity, our ideas about privacy, our social relationships, the health of our bodies and brains, the breadth and depth of the information we synthesize in making personal, ethical, and societal decisions.
Building off of feature stories like “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?,” The Atlantic gathered entrepreneurs and experts, technologists and technophobes to explore how humans shape technology, and how technology shapes us.
Edmond Awad, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Media Lab
Meredith Broussard, Professor, New York University; Author, Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World
Laura Gomez, Founder and CEO, Atipica; Founding Advisor, Project Include
Katherine Stevo, Alumna, AI4ALL; Student, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
With Matt Thompson, Executive Editor, The Atlantic
Location: Main Stage
Listen to students from the Boston Debate League discuss the effects of smartphones and social media use on today's teens.
Asiatou Diallo, 12th Grade Student, Boston Community Leadership Academy
Xyra Mercer, 9th Grade Student, Henderson Inclusion Upper School
Katerine Osorio-Maldonado, 11th Grade Student, Margarita Muñiz Academy
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