Melanie Mitchell

Davis Professor of Complexity, Santa Fe Institute

Melanie Mitchell is the Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico and Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University. She is the author of Complexity: A Guided Tour (Oxford 2009) and Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2019).

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Written by Melanie Mitchell

A deserted city street flanked by tall buildings, leading to a large historic building in the background under a clear sky.

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Complexity

Uncertain times

The pandemic is an unprecedented opportunity – seeing human society as a complex system opens a better future for us all

Jessica Flack & Melanie Mitchell

A smiling snowman with a carrot nose, black eyes and smile, wearing a colourful scarf and a snow-covered blue woollen hat.

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Computing and artificial intelligence

How do you teach a car that a snowman won’t walk across the road?

Melanie Mitchell