Boba will be provided! Join us for an engaging exploration of how AI is transforming the way we search for information! The AI in the Liberal Arts initiative at Amherst College invites you to a peer-led discussion on AI-powered search technologies. Student leaders from i2i, Liam Davis and Ryan Ji, will guide an interactive conversation exploring…
Hack the Herd: Sustainability Hackathon — November 15th & 16th As achieving sustainability becomes the primary goal of our generation, this year’s Hack the Herd invites teams to harness AI-driven solutions to campus sustainability challenges. Over the span of 24 hrs, you and your friends will build and pitch a project that tackles the complex…
How a Liberal Arts education inspired bold innovation! Join AILA in welcoming Amherst alumnus Ahmed Aly, founder of Vship, for a conversation on how a Liberal Arts education inspired bold innovation in the age of artificial intelligence. Ahmed will share his journey from studying political science and computer science at Amherst to building AI systems that empower…
Join us for a movie screening this Thursday, October 23rd @ 8pm in the Keefe Theater. The AI Film Club brings the Amherst community together for screenings of movies that explore artificial intelligence and machine learning. We show a range of films from speculative science fiction to documentaries about real-world innovations. Each screening is followed…
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 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 is the first meeting of the semester for the AI Book Club! We will discuss our summer reading selection, Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, as well as announce our book selection for the month of October. Join us monthly on Sunday afternoons at Amherst College to explore nonfiction (and the occasional fiction)…