December’s selection is “Seventy-Two Letters,” a novella by Ted Chiang, from the collection Stories of Your Life and Others. This story is set in an alternate history, Victorian-era England where people can animate automata called golems by speaking names into objects. It explores the intersection of religion, science, and alternative history, particularly the idea of creating artificial life…
November’s book is Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari. Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early…
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…
Minority Report Screening & “Get to Know AILA” Boba Gathering AI in the Liberal Arts and the Jones & Frost Libraries are excited to kick off the AI Film Club this fall! 📅 Thursday, September 25 🕗 8:00 PM 📍 Keefe Theater, Amherst College Join us for a casual Boba Tea gathering to meet the…
Join the Artificial Intelligence Book Club monthly on Sunday afternoons at Amherst College to explore nonfiction (and the occasional fiction) on AI. Discussions, led by AILA students and guest faculty, and will also continue online. Borrow your copy from Jones or Frost Libraries and be part of the conversation. Email: aila@amherst.edu to join the mailing…