Professor David Dunning speaks with Academy President Laurie Patton about how the humanities shaped his professional path and approach, the difficulty of identifying and addressing blindspots, and the role of AI in human knowledge development and degeneration.
About the guest
Professor David Dunning is the Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of the Study of Human Understanding, professor of psychology, an associate chair of the Department of Psychology, and faculty affiliate at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. His research centers on the psychology underlying personal misbeliefs and social misunderstandings.
He was elected to the Academy in 2025.
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