Join the Artificial Intelligence Book Club monthly on Sunday afternoons at Amherst College to explore nonfiction (and the occasional fiction) on AI. Discussions, led by AILA students and guest faculty, and will also continue online. Borrow your copy from Jones or Frost Libraries and be part of the conversation. Email: aila@amherst.edu to join the mailing…
Join the Amherst College AI in Liberal Arts (AILA) initiative and the AI Safety Club for a lively student panel on the role of AI on campus and beyond. Moderated by Douglas Hall, Research Computing Specialist from Academic Technology, the conversation will explore how students are engaging with AI, what responsible AI looks like at…
AI in the Liberal Arts at Amherst College & the Jones Library present the Artificial Intelligence Book Club! This summer we will be reading Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. This book is a dystopian science fiction story that is set in the U.S. in an unspecified future. The book is told from the…
2025 AILA Undergraduate Conference: Exploring the Intersection of AI in the Arts, Humanities, and Beyond ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED. But please join us for the conference on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Conference Details Date: Saturday, April 19th, 2025 Location: Aliki Perrotti and Seth Frank Lyceum, Amherst College Format: This is an in-person conference located in…
Hack the Herd – The 2025 Amherst College AI in Sustainability Hackathon was a collaboration between the Office of Sustainability, AI in the Liberal Arts, Ideas 2 Innovation (Amherst’s First-Ever Venture Accelerator), and the Computer Science clubs at Amherst College. Students spent 24hrs over last weekend coming up with AI inspired solutions to campus sustainability…
The AI in the Liberal Arts initiative at Amherst College invites you to the first installment of our two-part event exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and human connection. Join us for a screening of Spike Jonze’s critically acclaimed film “Her” (2013). This thought-provoking movie follows a lonely writer who develops an unexpected relationship with…
by Hena Ershadi, AILA Student Assistant AI in the Liberal Arts recently hosted an informative discussion on generative AI that brought together students from various disciplines to explore the field of artificial intelligence. The event featured speakers from Ideas 2 Innovations (i2i), with Dhyey Mavani as the chief guest, joined by Ryan Ji and Liam…
AILA hopes you’re staying warm this snowy winter! Meet our newest members! Upcoming Events Featured AI News It’s hard to keep up with all the AI-related News these days, but here are a couple stories that have us thinking and discussing. Let us know what AI News stories have you riveted! Musk’s xAI Releases New…
Tuesday, Feb 11th @ 4:30pm | Chapin Chapel, Amherst College Join us for an enlightening session on the emerging frontiers of artificial intelligence! The AI in the Liberal Arts initiative at Amherst College invites you to our DeepSeek Discussion, designed to explore the landscape of rising AI organizations and gauge student perspectives on the rapid…
Featured AI Events Emotional Intelligence and Human Identity at the Dawn of AI Networks Monday, February 17, 2025 5:15-6:15 p.m.Smith College Klingenstein Browsing Room *Open to the Public GenAI researcher Katherine Elkins presents the latest developments in AI capabilities, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities for human flourishing. Drawing on her work at the US AI Safety…