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2026Martha Minow
Constituting Democracy in the Era of AIOctober 22, 2026 | 4–5:15 PMHuntington Hall (10-250)The Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series was established in 1957 to honor the late Karl Taylor Compton, who served as president of MIT from 1930 to 1948 and as chairman of the MIT Corporation from 1948 to 1954. The lecture series gives the MIT community direct contact with the important ideas of our times and with people who have contributed much to modern thought.
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2026Jonathan Haidt
Life After Babel: Democracy and Human Development in the Fractured, Lonely World That Technology Gave UsMarch 4, 2026 | 4–5 PMHuntington Hall (10-250)The Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series was established in 1957 to honor the late Karl Taylor Compton, who served as president of MIT from 1930 to 1948 and as chairman of the MIT Corporation from 1948 to 1954. The lecture series gives the MIT community direct contact with the important ideas of our times and with people who have contributed much to modern thought.
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2025Ben Vinson III
AI in an Age After Reason: A Discourse on Fundamental Human QuestionsMarch 17, 2025 | 4 pmSamberg Conference Center (Building E52) 7th floorThe Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series was established in 1957 to honor the late Karl Taylor Compton, who served as president of MIT from 1930 to 1948 and as chairman of the MIT Corporation from 1948 to 1954. The lecture series gives the MIT community direct contact with the important ideas of our times and with people who have contributed much to modern thought.
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2022Martin Baron
Reality Check: Facts under Assault, Democracy ThreatenedApril 21, 2022 | 4 pm10-250The Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series was established in 1957 to honor the late Karl Taylor Compton, who served as president of MIT from 1930 to 1948 and as chairman of the MIT Corporation from 1948 to 1954. The lecture series gives the MIT community direct contact with the important ideas of our times and with people who have contributed much to modern thought.
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2021Sylvester James Gates, Jr.
A Physics Faculty Career Retrospective: Research, Teaching, and ServiceTuesday, September 21, 2021, 4 pmKresge Auditorium
