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AI
Opinions
Opinion: AI is ruining the liberal arts experience
Jay Ward -
My mother, who attended a small liberal arts college, used to tease my dad about his engineering degree. "You received training," she’d say, “but...
Opinions
Opinion: The dangers of a convenient and effortless life
I was leaving a jazz bar in San Francisco on a cold and rainy night. My family and I called a Waymo to pick...
Culture
AI and art in college settings: Q&A with author Ted Chiang
Ahead of science fiction author Ted Chiang’s talk on generative AI and art, Black Studies professor Yumi Pak hosted a screening of “Arrival”, the...
Culture
Author Ted Chiang visits to discuss the relationship between creativity and AI
Award-winning science fiction author Ted Chiang gave a talk on generative AI and art to Occidental students, faculty and community members Sept. 23. In anticipation of...
Campus News
AI use in Occidental classrooms increases, sparks debate
Since their inception in 2022, ChatGPT and other large language models have taken the world by storm. Using algorithms trained on text-based databases, artificial...
Opinions
Opinion: AI and the shift in intellectual labor
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how we perceive intellectual labor, shifting the focus from process to product, and from effort to optimization. The...
Editorial
Opinion: Gen Z, what do you want to do when you grow up?
When I was little, everyone asked me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?" My answers varied throughout the years — from...
Campus News
ChatGPT might help with homework, but faculty urges students to use the AI intelligently
Occidental chemistry professor Chris Craney still has the slide rule he used as an undergraduate, long after calculators replaced it in the classroom. Craney said he spent a...
