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…
Beyond the Page: AI, Scaled Reading, and Accessible Learning | April 25th, 2024 @ 12p; Fayerweather 117
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 | RSVP here As part of AILA’s Spring Learning & Discussion Series, AILA presents an engaging conversation between Jaya Kannan (Director of Technology for Curriculum and Research), Kristina…
God Human Animal Machine: AI and the Big Questions A Conversation with Meghan O’Gieblyn & Lee Spector | Tues, April 30 @ 6p; Cole Assembly Room
Tuesday, April 30th @ 6p | Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall, Amherst College Since our founding in 2019, the AI in the Liberal Arts initiative at Amherst College has worked to engage a thoughtful and interdisciplinary community in conversation and critical thought around artificial intelligence. We value exploring the complex and sometimes dizzying questions surrounding…
2024 ‘AI in the Liberal Arts’ Undergraduate Conference! (April 20, 2024)
2024 AILA Undergraduate Conference: Exploring the Intersection of AI in the Arts, Humanities, and Beyond ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. But please join us for the conference on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Conference Details Date: Saturday, April 20th, 2024 Location: Aliki Perrotti and Seth Frank Lyceum, Amherst College Format: This is an in-person conference located…
The Antinomy of Artificial Art (April 11, 2024)
A talk by Amherst Professor Joseph Moore | April 11th @ 2:30p in 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 about. In this event, part of AILA Spring 2024 Learning & Discussion Series, Professor Joseph G….
AI for the People: Unleashing the Power of Community-Engaged AI
A Conversation with Aron Culotta (Tulane University’s Center for Community-Engaged AI), Dan Cannity (UMass- IDEAS), and Kirsten Helmer (UMass- CTL) | April 4th @ 4p ET | Zoom Register Here! Many technologists argue that artificial intelligence holds the promise of significantly enhancing a variety of societal institutions like healthcare, education, and public safety. However, its…
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….
Emotions on Demand: How AI Music Scoring Interfaces Combine Game Engines, Music Data, and Machine Listening
A Conversation with Ravi Krishnaswami & Chris Grobe | March 26, 2024 @ 4:30-5:30 I CHI ThinkTank In the last few years, an expansive array of AI music platforms have found their way into the world of digital music production. Google offered up MusicLM, a pioneering text-to-music tool capable of generating songs from simple prompts,…
Love Letters to Lifelong Learning: Professor Baron’s Remarks on AI and the Future of Writing
by Emmanuelle Toulouse, Spring 2024 AILA Assistant In the 1950s, if you asked a computer to write you a love letter, it would produce something like this: “My sympathetic affection beautifully attracts your affectionate enthusiasm. You are my loving adoration, my breathless adoration. My fellow feeling breathlessly hopes for your dear eagerness.” Today, ChatGPT can…
AI, Creativity, and Writing: A Coda
by Naomi S. Baron | Professor Emerita of Linguistics at American University Recently, it was my pleasure to share thoughts with some of you on what matters for humans when it comes to AI, creativity, and writing. To my regret, the allotted hour disappeared before I managed to address a question that anyone who writes…