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,…
AI and Creativity: What Matters for Human Writers Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 4p, via Zoom | Register here! As part of AILA’s Spring Learning & Discussion Series, in partnership with the Writing Center we bring you AI and Creativity: What Matters for Human Writers | A Conversation with Naomi S. Baron For writers, as well as teachers and students…
The AILA Tools and Mentorship Team strives to be a resource for the Amherst community around cutting-edge AI tools. On Wednesday 11/29 from 10a-11a the Team will be tabling in the Science Center Atrium to demo SCISPACE a dynamic AI tool that can help with paraphrasing, citation creation and other tasks associated with academic research….
Just one year ago, OpenAI released an early demo of a revolutionary new AI tool known as ChatGPT. From its application to customer service, healthcare, entertainment, and education, in the last year ChatGPT seems to have permeated what feels like every possible pore of society. Its popularity raises a number of questions about what the…
Do you want to make Amherst a better place? Do you have an interest in sustainability and AI technology? Want to win a $25 Amazon gift card? Then sign up for the first ever Amherst College social hackathon. Best described as an “invention marathon”, a hackathon is an intensely collaborative event where individuals or teams…
UMass’s EQUATE initiative will host Kai-Cheng Yang, a rising star researcher, studying bots and misinformation in social media. Kaicheng will give a talk on Wednesday, November 8, at 11am in LGRC A311 (details below)…
Join us online to learn about how research is addressing bias, discrimination, and ethical concerns in algorithm development. Our panel of experts will delve into the many challenges and opportunities, including the complexities behind the design of equitable algorithms, the biases they may unintentionally harbor, and the profound social implications they have….
In partnership with IT and the AI in the Liberal Arts (AILA) initiative, we are excited to bring the ChatGPT Café series to the Amherst community. In this series of informal exploratory pop-up cafés, faculty, staff, and students at Amherst College will have the opportunity to experiment with the latest paid versions of ChatGPT4 and reflect on their experiences. Come join us at…
Academic Technology Services & AILA welcome, Andy Dorsett, a representative from Wolfram Research. He will discuss an innovative new plugin for ChatGPT, Mathematica’s built-in machine learning, and its connections with other AI systems. Wednesday 9/20 @ 4p; Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski 107 Some insight into Wolfram|Alpha’s strategy! Read more about it in the links below:writings.stephenwolfram.com Wolfram|Alpha as…
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