The AI Film Club is hosting it’s first Family Movie Screening THIS Sunday, October 26th @ 1 pm in Keefe Theater. Bring your kiddos for robot crafts and activities! Treats and juice boxes! And coffee for the grown ups, of course. Hosted by AILA and the Jones Library. Email: aila@amherst.edu with questions. This is a…
CHI Think Tank, Lyceum 101 Matteo Pasquinelli discusses his book, The Eye of the Master (Verso Books, 2023). About the book: A “social” history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industrial factories and the surveillance of collective behaviour. What is AI? A dominant view describes it as the quest “to solve intelligence” –…
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping the sustainability landscape — from streamlining ESG reporting to uncovering hidden risks and scaling real impact. Join us for AI in Action: Practical Tools for Corporate Sustainability Impact to discover how AI can be applied ethically and effectively to advance your organization’s goals. Featuring Dr. Panos Panagiotakopoulos, a leading voice at the intersection…
AILA hopes you had a beautiful fall break 🙂 upcoming events Alumni Speaker Series – Will Fishell! Will Fishell ‘22 Graduate Research Fellow at Oakridge National Labs 📅 October 20th (Monday) | Chi Think Tank, Amherst College Lyceum Sustainability Hackathon!! By AI in the Liberal Arts, Sustainability at Amherst, and Ideas 2 Innovation 📅 November…
AILA Alumni Speaker Series Our first speaker is presented by AI in the Liberal Arts (AILA) and the Sustainability Office on October 20th at 5pm in the CHI Think Tank AILA and the Sustainability Office will host Will Fishell (’22) as the first guest in the AILA Alumni Speaker Series! His talk, “AI in the…
We’re thrilled to announce the AI in Sustainability Hackathon for the 2025–2026 academic year will be held on November 15th and 16th. Brought to you by AI in the Liberal Arts (AILA) and the Sustainability Office, this event invites students from all disciplines to explore how artificial intelligence can drive solutions for a more sustainable…
This October, the AI Book Club will be reading Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick. Written in a lively and accessible style, Co-Intelligence explores how artificial intelligence is already reshaping the way we live, learn, and work. Mollick combines practical insight with big-picture questions, making this book the perfect starting point for…
AILA hosts local Art Lawyer, Kate Lucas Writeup by: Caitlin Kennedy Downey, AILA Staff The intersection of artificial intelligence and creative production is forcing society to revisit some of the most fundamental questions in copyright law: Who, or what, can be an author? What is the distinction between the “expression of an idea” and what…
The vision for the AI Book Club: The AI Book Club strengthens Amherst’s intellectual ecosystem by creating a mini-community that reflects AILA’s mission: bringing together people from different walks of life, professions, stages of life, and levels of AI knowledge to explore big questions through literature. By using literature as a common language, we create…
AILA welcomes you back to school!! 🙂 Upcoming Events AI Film Club! By AI in the Liberal Arts and the Jones & Frost Libraries 📅 Thursday, September 25 🕗 8:00 PM 📍 Keefe Theater, Amherst College Join us for a casual Boba Tea gathering to meet the AILA team, hear about our upcoming programming, and…