Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sponsored by Dartmouth's Montgomery Fellows Program
Orit Halpern '94 discusses the historical convergence between neo-liberal economic thought, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, leading her to interrogate the implications this history holds for contemporary politics and society.
Orit Halpern '94 is Lighthouse Professor and Chair of Digital Cultures and Societal Change at Technische Universität Dresden. Her work bridges the histories of science, computing, and cybernetics with design.
She is currently working on two projects. The first is a history of automation, intelligence, and freedom; the second project examines extreme infrastructures and the history of experimentation at planetary scales in design, science, and engineering.
This talk was filmed on May 14, 2025 at Dartmouth
Sponsored by Dartmouth's Montgomery Fellows Program
Orit Halpern '94 discusses the historical convergence between neo-liberal economic thought, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, leading her to interrogate the implications this history holds for contemporary politics and society.
Orit Halpern '94 is Lighthouse Professor and Chair of Digital Cultures and Societal Change at Technische Universität Dresden. Her work bridges the histories of science, computing, and cybernetics with design.
She is currently working on two projects. The first is a history of automation, intelligence, and freedom; the second project examines extreme infrastructures and the history of experimentation at planetary scales in design, science, and engineering.
This talk was filmed on May 14, 2025 at Dartmouth
