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February 4th, 2025
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…
December 3rd, 2024
Happy belated Thanksgiving from the AILA team! Here are some AI news developments from the past two weeks. We also included a book, a quick watch and some AI tools to explore as we head into the holiday season. Featured AI News It’s hard to keep up with all the AI-related News these days, but…
November 12th, 2024
Check out THE QUESTION of the day…🤔 Featured AI Events Overview of the Current AI Reasoning Landscape Tuesday, November 12th, 4:30 – 5:30 pm – CHI Think Tank, Lyceum What is meant by AI Reasoning? Join us for a presentation by Professor Andrew Wu, Computer Science, for his perspective on Automated Reasoning research and what…
April 23rd, 2024
Upcoming Events AILA’s Spring Learning & Discussion Series Beyond the Page: Unraveling the Complexities of AI, Scaled Reading, and Accessible Learning A conversation with Ethan Pierce, Founder of Adaptive Reader | Thursday, April 25th, 12 – 1p; Fayerweather 117 As part of AILA’s Spring Learning & Discussion Series, AILA presents an engaging conversation between Jaya Kannan…
April 9th, 2024
Upcoming Events AILA’s Spring Learning & Discussion Series The Antimony of Artificial Art | A Talk by Professor Joseph Moore THIS Thursday, April 11 @ 2:30 pm | Location: Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski 107 The rise of Artificial Intelligence and its application to the creative and artistic fields has given us all much to think…
March 25th, 2024
Upcoming Events AILA’s Spring Learning & Discussion Series Emotions on Demand: How AI Music Scoring Interfaces Combine Game Engines, Music Data, and Machine Listening | A Conversation with Ravi Krishnaswami & Chris Grobe TOMORROW! Tues, March 26th @ 4:30 pm | Location: CHI ThinkTank Join AILA and Ravi Krishnaswami, the Joseph E. and Grace W….
March 5th, 2024
Upcoming Events UMass Center for Teaching & Learning and the Instructional Design, Engagement, and Support (IDEAS) Team Integrating AI in Practice: How to Teach with and about AI 11:30am- 12:45pm PM EST | Friday, March 15, 2024 | Register for Zoom Link Understanding AI is no longer optional for college students – AI is already…
February 20th, 2024

“If you’ve created a conscious machine, it’s not the history of man. That’s the history of gods.” – Caleb, Ex Machina (2014) Upcoming Events AILA’s Spring Learning & Discussion Series AI and Creativity: What Matters for Human Writers | A Conversation with Naomi S. BaronTuesday, Feb. 20th @ 4 pm; Zoom Event For writers, as…
February 7, 2024 Newsletter

“Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.” — Stephen Hawking Upcoming Events AILA’s Spring Learning & Discussion Series AI and Creativity: What Matters for Human Writers | A Conversation with Naomi S. BaronTuesday, Feb. 20th…