About the Public Interest Technologist
The Public Interest Technologist is a new online publication aimed at helping the MIT community think together about the social responsibilities of students, faculty, staff and alumni who design and implement technologies of various kinds.
Featured Interviews
đź’ˇ Hear from MIT community members and how they define public interest technology in their work, research, and beyond.
Making Public Service Technology in the Classroom and in Office: an interview with Phil Thompson, Professor of Political Science and Urban Planning
The PKG Public Service Center and Fostering Public Interest Technologists at MIT: an interview with Alison Hynd, Assistant Director and Jill Bassett, Former Assistant Dean and Director
Databases for Community Power: building tech for public interests with Catherine D’Ignazio, Professor of Urban Science and Planning
Blending Tech Skills with Environmental Advocacy: Harnessing the Power of Hackathons as Climate Action with Sanjana Paul, Masters Candidate in City Planning
Building Human Capacity through Collaborative Robotics: an interview with Julie Shah, H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Latest Columns
Environmental Intelligence: Hello (AI-Assisted, Open-Source) World by Claire Gorman, Masters Candidate in City Planning and Computer Science
According to GitHub’s CEO, the platform’s new AI-based coding assistant wrote over a billion lines of operational code over the course of 2023.
AI and the New Eternal Return by Claudia Dobles Camargo, Visiting Scholar at the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU)
It is time for a "Minimum Standard of Care for AI" that can regulate an acceptable minimal conduct for companies and individuals that deploy AI outside the regulatory borders of their respective countries.
Publications
Public Interest Technology - New England’s Community Growth Continues into 2024 by Collette Basiliere, Executive Director, PITNE
Public Interest Technology - New England (PIT-NE) is entering 2024 with big goals and lots of momentum to continue shaping public interest technology as a new field.
