September 21, 2026 | 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Bansal Atrium (1st floor) | Davis Hall
Join the AI and Society Department on September 21 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. in Bansal Atrium (1st floor) | Davis Hall for the first in a series of lightning talks and discussion exploring the intersections of Arts, Humanities, and AI.
AIS' vision is to create a future world where AI systems are built by society, for society. We believe that the Arts and Humanities are an integral part of this mission — not just in critiquing (existing) AI systems but also providing the foundations on which AI systems by society, for society should be built. We are thrilled to have our inaugural AIS open house be on Arts, Humanities, and AI (the AIS open house series will be hosted monthly during the fall and spring semester) and we hope you can join us.
Sept 21 Event Schedule: Bansal Atrium | Davis Hall
1:30-1:35 p.m. -- Opening remarks
1:35-2:00 p.m. -- Lightning talks on at the intersection of the Arts, Humanities and AI (5 mins each)
| 1. | David R. Castillo (Romance Languages and Literatures) | Teaching Literature in the Age of AI |
| 2. | Neil Coffee (Classics) | Tesserae V6 and Agentic AI in the Humanities |
| 3. | Mark Shepard (Architecture) | Ecologies of Urban Intelligence |
| 4. | Ezra Zubrow (Anthropology) | The Silicon Sapien: Rewiring Reason, Artifact, and Agency |
2:00-3:00 p.m. -- Discussion time with food