Talks, workshops, and gatherings from BCAI.
Social media shaped how a generation communicates, learns, and understands what is true. Artificial intelligence is now changing that environment again: deciding what we see, generating what looks real, and making it easier to create and …
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A five-day, hands-on introduction to artificial intelligence: what AI systems are, how they turn data into results, and how to decide when their use is warranted. Through close reading, conversation, and experiments with AI tools, …
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Free and open to the public! When Claude says it finds a problem interesting, or ChatGPT expresses uncertainty about an answer, we typically assume nothing is really going on behind those words. But what justifies that confidence? And what …
CAPA Symposium
Free and open to the public! Is this company’s AI model biased? Are its predictions reliable? Are they using my data responsibly? As AI is deployed in sensitive applications, it is increasingly important to audit models to ensure they …
CAPA Symposium
Join Darcy Otto, faculty in computer science and Director of BCAI, with Bennington alumns Beth Kanter ’79 and Adnan Iftekhar ’97 for a community conversation on how to approach artificial intelligence in ways that are human. Drawing on …
CAPA Symposium
As AIs in the form of large language models (LLMs) continue to demonstrate remarkable abilities across various domains, computer scientists are developing methods to understand their cognitive processes, particularly concerning belief …
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Free and open to the public! When we interact with other people, we constantly attribute beliefs and desires to them to explain and predict what they do. Can we do the same with AI systems like ChatGPT and Claude? Philosophers have long …
CAPA Symposium
This is a First Year Forum workshop, led by computer science faculty member Darcy Otto. We begin by examining how artificial intelligence is already embedded in everyday life, reflect on your own recent interactions, and consider how much …
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A two-day faculty workshop will be held this February 10–11, 2026. Designed for Bennington faculty across all disciplines, it offers hands-on exploration of how generative AI is reshaping teaching, learning, and academic integrity. No prior …
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