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Noah Giansiracusa

Associate Professor of Mathematics; Faculty Associate at Harvard

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Noah Giansiracusa
Noah Giansiracusa

Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics; Faculty Associate at Harvard

Institution: Bentley University

Discipline: Mathematics & Computer Science

Appearances: 1

Notable: 2026 recipient of a national communication award for bringing mathematical ideas to nonmathematical audiences (past recipients include Nate Silver, Roger Penrose, and Martin Gardner); PhD in algebraic geometry from Brown University; author of Robin Hood Math and a book on algorithms and the information ecosystem

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Biography

Noah Giansiracusa is a mathematician and public communicator of mathematical ideas whose research spans algebraic geometry, machine learning, and empirical legal studies. His writing has appeared in Scientific American, TIME, WIRED, Slate, and the Washington Post, and he has been featured on CNN and BBC Radio 4.

Sample Works

Roundtable Appearances

Coding and the New Human Phenotype: Are Natural Language Generators for Real?
October 16, 2022 · ▶ Video
Coding and the New Human Phenotype: Are Natural Language Generators for Real?
The program GPT-3 can create language that gives the impression that it is thinking. What will our interaction with robots of greater and greater verbal agility mean in the near...
Art & Aesthetics Artificial Intelligence Ethics & Morality
Ned Block, Kyunghyun Cho, Katherine Elkins, Noah Giansiracusa, Francesca Rossi, Dennis Yi Tenen
Podcast (1:38:17)
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