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MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
@MIT_SHASS
Our distinguished faculty do field-defining work and develop the values, vision, and ethical compass of tomorrow’s leaders.
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shass.mit.edu
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    MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
    @MIT_SHASS
    Aug 6
    “There’s no evidence that the adoption of Google or Microsoft products led to better outcomes, happier teachers, more efficient school systems or anything,” @bjfr says. He spoke with @guardian about AI adoption. theguardian.com/technology/202… @mit_cmsw
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    Teachers need help with AI. A union is offering training – with $23m in funding from big tech
    From theguardian.com
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    MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
    @MIT_SHASS
    Aug 5
    How does AI influence elections? A MITHIC-supported project from @MITPoliSci professor @AdamBerinsky and @MITSloan professor @charapod is investigating LLMs' impact on political behavior.
    An image of a card that reads "Auditing Large Language Models as Intermediaries of Democratic Discourse in the 2026 US Midterms" with pictures of MIT political scientist Adam Berinsky and MIT Sloan professor Chara Podimata. It lists four research themes: Bias, persuasion, Politicization, and Democracy.
    An image of a card that reads "LLMs have become a major gateway to political information, positioning them as de facto intermediaries of democratic knowledge. Yet little systematic evidence exists on what they say about elections, how their responses change over time, or how they vary across demographic or ideological framings. 

"This project addresses this gap through a longitudinal study of LLMs during the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. We pursue three aims: measuring bias and implicit predictions in portrayals of elections, examining persuasion and personalization, and mapping politicization across models. Using large-scale computational auditing grounded in political communication theory, we analyze how LLMs shape electoral understanding and democratic legitimacy."
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    MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
    @MIT_SHASS
    Aug 5
    This week's newsletter features music and technology graduate program students, new department and section heads, award winners, and more. mailchi.mp/mit/shass-week… @MITPoliSci @MITEcon @HistoryMit @ArtsatMIT
    Hearts were used as a music visualizer during Carlos Mariano Salcedo’s ’25, SM ’26 presentation with Noble Harasha ’25, SM ’26 playing a modular synthesizer (left); PhD student Valerie K. Chen ’22, MEng ’23 played cello in "Whale Cello (there?)!”
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    MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
    @MIT_SHASS
    Aug 4
    MIT students! Get a jump on fall courses! Check out the new offerings available and set yourself up for a SHASS concentration, minor, or major! bit.ly/4umgJz6
    This image features a promotional design for MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. The left side shows people walking under autumn trees, accompanied by "Fall 2026." The right side highlights "Explore SHASS subjects" with information about courses and a QR code linking to shass.mit.edu/fall2026.
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    MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
    @MIT_SHASS
    Aug 4
    "AI models cannot replicate [human instinct], as they lack the accountability and conviction inherent in human judgment," according to a @Forbes piece on AI and human instinct. @davidautor @MITEcon @JulietteHanPhD
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    Why AI Can’t Replicate The Experienced Executive’s Gut Instinct
    From forbes.com

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