AILA wishes students the best of luck on finals! Upcoming Events Coming Soon: What AI Means – A Podcast AI in the Liberal Arts (AILA) is thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of What AI Means, a new podcast hosted by Amherst College Professor Lee Spector. We’ve been working hard to create this series, which explores artificial intelligence through…
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December 2nd, 2025
AILA hopes you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Upcoming Events We have exciting news: COMING SOON…What AI Means — An (AILA) Podcast COMING SOON… …What AI Means, the podcast that asks scholars and creators about the significance of artificial intelligence for the world as they see it, through the lenses of their disciplines and their expertise. Brought…
November 25th, 2025
AILA wishes you a restful & joyous Thanksgiving! Upcoming Events We have exciting news: COMING SOON…What AI Means — An (AILA) Podcast COMING SOON… …What AI Means, the podcast that asks scholars and creators about the significance of artificial intelligence for the world as they see it, through the lenses of their disciplines and their…
November 12th, 2025
Thanksgiving break is in sight! Upcoming Events Sustainability Hackathon Deadline Today!! By AI in the Liberal Arts, Sustainability at Amherst, and Ideas 2 Innovation 📅 November 15-16th (Saturday – Sunday) DEADLINE Nov. 12th 11:59pm As achieving sustainability becomes the primary goal of our generation, this year’s Hack the Herd invites teams to harness AI-driven solutions…
October 28th, 2025
AILA hopes you are staying warm! 🙂 Upcoming Events Sign up for the Sustainability Hackathon!! By AI in the Liberal Arts, Sustainability at Amherst, and Ideas 2 Innovation 📅 November 15-16th (Saturday – Sunday) Application Is Open!! As achieving sustainability becomes the primary goal of our generation, this year’s Hack the Herd invites teams to…
October 15th, 2025
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…
September 23, 2025
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…
February 18th, 2025
AILA hopes you’re staying warm this snowy winter! Meet our newest members! Upcoming Events Featured AI News It’s hard to keep up with all the AI-related News these days, but here are a couple stories that have us thinking and discussing. Let us know what AI News stories have you riveted! Musk’s xAI Releases New…
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…