After a successful launch in 2024, BARI ran the second iteration of the WTT? this year, which included a student workshop in the spring followed by a summer internship. The spring workshop focused on the ethics, potential, and perils of artificial intelligence and the summer internship dug into the larger question of where emergent technologies like AI intersect with open spaces and human rights in the City of Boston.
Thanks to a new partnership with the NU Law Lab at the Northeastern University School of Law and continuing collaboration with the City of Boston’s Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT), this year’s internship saw four BPS high schoolers diving into rigorous investigations of the open spaces that matter most to them in the city.
The end result was a zine written, illustrated, and designed by the interns. The project reflected that much has changed in the world of AI since 2024 and BARI and WTT? met that change head-on!
Human Rights in Bostons Public Spaces: The Youth Take
By: Sophia Romanow, Danny Dai, Santi Comella, and Eve Henry
This month, members of the BARI team and Tech Goes Home met with DoIT to present the website that functions as a final report on the inaugural run of the program. The website is now live! Check it out to follow the journey of WTT? and access the lesson plans and deliverables that were created along the way!
