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College Considers New AI Policy Guidelines

College Considers New AI Policy Guidelines

With the release of new AI tools to students on Jan. 21, Provost and Dean of the Faculty Martha Umphrey discussed the college’s plans to address the role of technology in student academic lives and administrative systems.

The AI Question Amherst Cannot Afford to Ignore

Contributing Writer Trang-Linh Nguyen ’29 investigates the implications of artificial intelligence for the future of liberal arts education, arguing that Amherst students cannot afford to treat AI with detached skepticism as the technology reshapes knowledge, labor, and power across society.

College Announces New AI Tools For Student and Staff

New AI tools, including Gemini App, NotebookLM, and Zoom AI Companion for Meetings, will now be available to students, staff, and faculty. The Jan. 21 announcement drew praise and criticism from current professors.

There’s No Such Thing as Optional AI

Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 confronts Amherst’s adoption of AI tools in the classroom, arguing that the administration’s insistence on “optional” usage masks a deeper moral abdication, revealing how convenience and corporate pressures are reshaping the liberal arts.

Alum Discusses AI Techniques In Music Technology

Alum Discusses AI Techniques In Music Technology

On Thursday, the AI in the Liberal Arts (AILA) speaker series hosted Daniel Flores Garcia ’24 to discuss the increasing integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) into music technology, emphasizing the disproportionate representation of Western musical styles in AI-generated music.

Alum Speaks on Innovation and Artificial Intelligence in Liberal Arts

Alum Speaks on Innovation and Artificial Intelligence in Liberal Arts

On Thursday, the AI in the Liberal Arts (AILA) speaker series welcomed Ahmed Aly ’24 to discuss how a liberal arts education taught him innovation through more human lenses. Aly spoke on how his Amherst education inspired his development of voice-based AI tools to address communication barriers.

What’s Between the First Ghost and Last Human Worker?

Contributing Writer Lucas Silva ’28 explores the tensions between artificial intelligence and memory, imagination, and creation, exposing its dangerous impacts on how we interact with our real world.