Middlebury College launches AI initiatives, including faculty mini-grants

Middlebury College faculty are embracing the exploration of AI, including examining where it falls short.

A popular narrative online now is that most college students use artificial intelligence to automate their work and to cheat. Middlebury College profs found that some using AI in a different way actually improved learning in the long term.

“We may find there is no use for AI in schools; that may be where we land. I feel that we have a responsibility to have bigger conversations with students about AI.”

The future of A.I. and the fate of humanity must not be decided behind closed doors in Silicon Valley.

Students wrote the script and lyrics, choreographed the show, and designed the set and costumes.

TA-EDU is intended to support students’ learning and use AI in a way that adheres to the college’s Honor Code.

The progressive lawmakers announced a new bill on Wednesday that would ban new construction of these centers until the passage of federal legislation that places restrictions on AI.

“Angels & Ghosts” challenges viewers to reconsider the boundaries between human and machine creativity in new exhibit.

This year’s Clifford Symposium at Middlebury College weighed the benefits and drawbacks of AI in education.

Middlebury College’s 2025 Clifford Symposium will explore the impact of AI on human agency, collective responsibility and the future of learning.

Creative communities are debating the role of AI in the arts. Legislation proposed by Vt. Senator Peter Welch would help creators protect copyrighted work.

Something curious is happening in our increasingly automated world. While AI promises to democratize expertise, eliminate drudgery, and amplify human intelligence, potentially solving problems that have plagued humanity for centuries, these same AI advanc … (read more)

The current lull following the application of world-wide, and world-changing, tariffs levied on “Liberation Day” gives us space to try to understand what happened, and maybe what is happening.

Can Vermont legislators distinguish an AI-generated portrait from a real one? That was the question facing the Senate Government Operations committee last week as members watched pictures from a New York Times quiz designed to test just that.

Throughout this series on artificial intelligence, we’ve explored its fundamentals, examined its environmental impact, and analyzed its implications for governance. Now let’s turn to perhaps the most crucial question: How do we prepare for the future that … (read more)