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The Pittsburgh Review of Books publishes engaged, incisive, and smart cultural criticism and analysis.
True to its name, PRoB tackles problems, evaluates probabilities, and problematizes issues. An interdisciplinary humanities periodical housed in Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and published by the English Department, PRoB features essays, reviews, interviews, and excerpts that engage with salient and pressing issues. True to Pittsburgh’s historical reputation for hard work and creativity, PRoB is committed to the democratic, visionary, and inclusive values that have defined this city at its best. Source
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Search Articles"Magnifica Humanitas" and Bullshit Jobs - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Pope Leo's Encyclical Letter " Magnifica Humanitas: on Safeguarding the Human Person in the time of Artificial Intelligence," published 15 May 2026, outlines the Catholic theology of the dignity of the worker as a countermand to the widespread cultural upheavals attending AI's advent.
Parliamentary Microcosm - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Becoming acquainted with the practices and workings of the European Parliament can be a bewildering experience for newly elected MEPs. In his memoir The
The Future Is Abolition Feminist - Pittsburgh Review of Books
In June of 2020, I arrived at a secret address in Chicago with what remained of my belongings and no money in my bank account, a newly minted statistic among
"Magnifica Humanitas" is Disappointing - Pittsburgh Review of Books
This editorial originally appeared in the Polish magazine OKO.press and has been translated into English. Reading the text of the encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" is disappointing, especially if one recalls the preceding encyclicals of Pope Francis, in which the break with traditional Vatican newspeak was easily felt.
Zeus Reads "Magnifica Humanitas" - Pittsburgh Review of Books
In the distant future (or maybe even now!), the universe is dominated by technological gods, Artificial General Intelligences that harness entire galaxies as their data farms. One of these gods comes upon the Milky Way, and its Solar System, and planet Earth, and the species Homo sapiens. This particular super AGI-let's call him Zeus-wants to catalogue humanity's cultural patrimony before harnessing its sun as a battery for his processor.
Please Save Our Fleshly Souls - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Our cinematic narratives about artificial intelligence are predominantly cautionary tales because it's fun to speculate about what can go wrong, and failure's permutations are endless. We love to tell stories about what we're losing as AI takes over, whether on the individual or societal level. It's rarer to find narratives that ask a less sensationalistic but more crucial question: what exactly drew us to artificial intelligence in the first place?
Magnificent Humanity, Still Unfolding - Pittsburgh Review of Books
When Pope Leo XIV signed Magnifica humanitas on May 15, 2026, he chose the date deliberately: the one hundred and thirty-fifth anniversary of Rerum Novarum, his namesake's answer to the upheaval of the industrial age. The gesture announces the document's ambition.
[beloved] - Pittsburgh Review of Books
my father met you at the grave & said no my ancestors do not play about me, their land theirs, their laws their own & etched in my body, full of whispers & a song only a few can sing. my codes are changing, mid-written, girled but not fully. never-daughter never-wife, a month short of son & still my dead dad's name pops up on the uber i call to flee from you, flee from our shared home & burrow my sleep into a hotel pillow. rest foreigns my tongue.