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Amid varied perspectives, speakers make the case for protecting how humans think.
1956
Defining the Field of AI
In the summer of 1956, a small group of mathematicians and scientists gathered at Dartmouth to deliberate whether human intelligence could be recreated in a machine. Here, in classrooms and corridors, the term “artificial intelligence” was coined, debated, and defined for the first time.
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2026
What Must Remain Human?
Dartmouth convened an anniversary conference to continue the conversation—this time focused not on what AI can do, but on what humans must do in its presence. The original workshop asked how machines could think. This one asked a different set of questions: Where does AI improve human judgment and where does it fall short? Where should it never replace human judgment? Who is accountable when it fails? And what does AI cost us?
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Dartmouth AI Survey 2026
A multi-year study of how AI is shaping learning and career readiness for U.S. college students and Dartmouth undergraduates.
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