AI
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Vermont is writing laws on artificial intelligence
Lawmakers succeeded in drawing lines around acceptable AI uses, but saw one bill vetoed.
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Guest Editorial: Reasoning for Scott’s veto of data bill doesn’t hold up
“The only way the ‘it got worse’ math works is if weaker protection for Vermonters is the goal.”
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Middlebury College launches AI initiatives, including faculty mini-grants
Middlebury College faculty are embracing the exploration of AI, including examining where it falls short.
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Research at Middlebury reveals nuanced story about AI use
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…
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Local high schools respond to AI
“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…
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Guest Editorial: A.I. is a public resource. You should own half of it.
The future of A.I. and the fate of humanity must not be decided behind closed doors in Silicon Valley.
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Lincoln students perform musical about impacts of social media
Students wrote the script and lyrics, choreographed the show, and designed the set and costumes.
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College students develop AI teaching assistant
TA-EDU is intended to support students’ learning and use AI in a way that adheres to the college’s Honor Code.
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Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to halt data center production
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.
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Damian Stamer finds ‘Angels & Ghosts’
“Angels & Ghosts” challenges viewers to reconsider the boundaries between human and machine creativity in new exhibit.
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Artificial intelligence in the classroom offers opportunities, costs
This year’s Clifford Symposium at Middlebury College weighed the benefits and drawbacks of AI in education.
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Wide ranging experts envision future of artificial intelligence in Middlebury this week
Middlebury College’s 2025 Clifford Symposium will explore the impact of AI on human agency, collective responsibility and the future of learning.
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Vermont artists grapple with future of artificial intelligence
Creative communities are debating the role of AI in the arts. Legislation proposed by Vt. Senator Peter Welch would help creators protect copyrighted work.
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Hector Vila: What podcasts offer in the age of AI
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…
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Hector Vila: AI and geopolitics: An early experiment gone awry?
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…
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Vermont would take ‘first logical step’ with new AI bill
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…