A matter of life and tech

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Jun 1, 202601:13:53Education

Does the rise of AI mean the death of the humanities? Hear from University of Sydney star academics Sophie Gee, Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer; with music from Titus Grenyer. For centuries, the humanities and technology hav...

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