Joshua Rothman, a staff writer for The New Yorker, will give a guest lecture on why he believes artificial intelligence cannot replace certain aspects of human roles, including taking responsibility, holding opinions, creation of art and other abstract questions.

The lecture, titled “What A.I. Can’t Replace,” will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at the Hasselmann Alumni House on the Missouri S&T campus. A reception will follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the public.

Rothman joined The New Yorker magazine staff in 2012. He is the author of the weekly column Open Questions, which explores, from various angles, what it means to be human. Previously, he was the magazine’s ideas editor.

Rothman has also been an ideas columnist at the Boston Globe and he has taught at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Princeton University in 2002.

The lecture is part of a Missouri S&T series presented by the Public Scholars Network and the Weiner Endowment for the Humanities. The campus network is dedicated to increasing the impact of arts and sciences research and helping S&T faculty reach broader audiences.

About Missouri S&T

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students located in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top public universities for salary impact, according to the Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.