{"id":47332,"date":"2023-09-14T12:29:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=47332"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:52:28","slug":"muhammad-ahmad","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/muhammad-ahmad\/","title":{"rendered":"Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad<\/strong> (he\/him) is a research scientist at the University of Washington\u2019s Harborview Medical Center and an affiliate assistant professor in the department of Computer Science at the University of Washington, Bothell. He earned his PhD in computer science from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, algorithmic nudging (using algorithms to change human behavior), and personality emulation (software that can act like humans). 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