Published: Feb. 23, 2023
Spring '23 Boulder AI Colloquium Series (Three Sessions)Norlin Sundial

Sponsored by the Boulder Faculty Assembly and the Office of Academic Affairs, hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning

Given the explosion of interest in AI both within and outside academia, the Boulder faculty will be holding a series of colloquia this spring. 听Invited faculty will give informal presentations and engage in open discussions of topics related to classroom uses (and abuses) of software such as ChatGPT, but topics are not limited to pedagogy, and we imagine presentations focused on faculty research areas, as well, for example, questions in philosophy, computer science, religious studies, and the arts.听

Fri, Mar 3 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MT听

  • Shivakant Mishra, Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Honor Code Advisory Board faculty - The Impact of AI and Cheating
  • Nathan Schneider, Assistant Professor, Media Studies -听Governable Spaces for Accountable AI
  • Clayton Lewis,听Emeritus Professor of Computer Science -听Analogical reasoning in GPT-3

Tue, Mar 14 from 3:30 p.m-5:00 p.m. MT

  • Eliana Colunga,听Associate Professor, Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Science - Human Language and the Lure of Chatbot Sentience
  • Benjamin Slater Hale,听Associate Professor, Environmental Studies and Philosophy听- "Danger, Will Manfredjinsinjin!": Generative AI and the Perils of the XK-Red-27 Technique
  • Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Associate Professor, Computer Science -听Developing an Artificial Understanding of the World Around Us

Wed, Apr 5 from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. MT

  • Peter Foltz,听ICS Faculty, Research Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science -听Balancing the challenges and opportunities for using Large Language Models for improving Student Learning
  • Kai Larsen,听Associate Professor, Information Management -听The Implications of Generative A.I. (including ChatGPT) for Research into Human Behavior
  • Bill Penuel, Professor, Learning Sciences and Human Development - Preparing Future Students for A.I. in Academics
  • Julia Staffel, Associate Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts and Science -听Teaching with ChatGPT: Against the Nuclear Option

These听sessions听will be meeting in the听Center for Teaching & Learning, room E390. Feel free to attend all or just those that fit your schedule. Alternatively, you may听.听Please note the Zoom chat will not be monitored.听听These events are open to the public and in-person space is limited.听For more information email Kirk Ambrose at听kirk.ambrose@colorado.edu.听