Pittsburgh Review of Books
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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 ArticlesThe Last Flâneur: Notes on the Algorithmic City - Pittsburgh Review of Books
On a recent garbage collection day, I walked out of my front door to a peculiar sight. My son is 4, so the symphony of the garbage truck-clang, pssh, beep-beckons like the Pied Piper. Often, we run out in the bare nick of time, seeing the maw of its tail end driving away. But on this day, the truck was trapped by no less than three hapless Waymos, self-driving cars that have cruised San Francisco and fourteen other test cities for years.
From Capitalism to Democracy by Means of AI - Pittsburgh Review of Books
The unavoidable question of our time is how to put AI to use in making the transition from capitalism to democracy. The argument here is that the only feasible means of accomplishing that is socialism. But socialism is not by definition democratic. It has no predictable political valence. If it did, we wouldn't be able to speak of variations on the theme, as we do when we differentiate between the communism of the USSR and the social democracies of the Scandinavian states.
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Can AI Rejuvenate the Liberal Arts? - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Around the country, the liberal arts-and often with humanistic perspectives at the forefront-are informing approaches to human-centered AI initiatives.
What We're Reading the First Week of September - Pittsburgh Review of Books
A roundup of the most engaging recent pieces on the web read by the Pittsburgh Review of Books this week.
Tom Zoellner on PRoB - Pittsburgh Review of Books
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The Return of the Literary Salon - Pittsburgh Review of Books
"Anything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful. And that is all as it should be." - Gertrude Stein When I first read Moveable Feast in high school, I dreamt of literary salons-being invited to Gertrude Stein's 27 Rue de Fleurus in Paris, where she held court with Hemingway and Fitzgerald, surrounded by paintings by Matisse and Picasso and Cezanne, who'd show up, too, to drink wine and tea and bicker over beauty.
Hollis Robbins on PRoB - Pittsburgh Review of Books
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Why We Need This Here Thing - Pittsburgh Review of Books
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Christopher Schaberg on PRoB - Pittsburgh Review of Books
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