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Webb Keane

Webb Keane
Webb Keane is the George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. His books include Ethical Life: Its Natural and Social Histories (Princeton) and Christian Moderns: Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter. His work has been featured in leading publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Esquire, USA Today, and the Financial Times.


What Interacting With Chatbots Can Reveal About Ourselves

Webb Keane on the Anthropology Behind Our Relationship With Artificial Intelligence
February 7, 2025  By Webb Keane
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