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Creativity On Trial: How AI Is Raising New Challenges For Copyright Law
AILA hosts local Art Lawyer, Kate Lucas Writeup by: Caitlin Kennedy Downey, AILA 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 is…
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The AI Book Club: Contributions to the Intellectual Ecosystem of Amherst College
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…
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DeepSeek and the Next Wave of AI Innovation: A Critical Discussion
by Hena Ershadi, AILA Student Assistant AI in the Liberal Arts recently hosted an informative discussion on generative AI that brought together students from various disciplines to explore the field of artificial intelligence. The event featured speakers from Ideas 2 Innovations (i2i), with Dhyey Mavani as the chief guest, joined by Ryan Ji and Liam…
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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…
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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…
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“Hacking” Sustainability Issues at Amherst with AI
Written by: Sebastien, Tina, Dhyey, Selena and Taichi In December 2023, our team placed 1st at Amherst College’s inaugural Hack The Herd sustainability hackathon. Our project (Gaia) was born from a desire to improve discussions around campus sustainability projects and improve communication between the various stakeholders involved in such decisions. We initially spoke with Wes…