The release of the archive coincides with the publication next month by MIT Press of the textbook “AI and Humanity.” Nourbakhsh and Keating, assistant dean for educational initiatives in the Dietrich College, wrote it for their course, which is part of Dietrich’s Grand Challenge Seminar series for first-year students.

The book and the archive will be celebrated on Friday, Feb. 28, in Simmons Auditorium A in the Tepper Building. Vardi, the University Professor and Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice, will present a keynote lecture, “Technology Is Driving the Future, but Who Is Steering?” at 4 p.m. A panel discussion will follow, featuring Richard Scheines, dean of the Dietrich College; Hebert, dean of the School of Computer Science; Colin MacCabe, professor of English and film at the University of Pittsburgh; and Molly Steenson, K&L Gates Associate Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies in the College of Fine Arts. The program is open to the public, but an RSVP by Friday, Feb. 21, is requested.