AI in
Arts & Sciences
In the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, we approach artificial intelligence as both a subject of inquiry and a powerful tool for discovery. Across the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, we explore how AI organizes knowledge, where it falls short of human insight, and how people and machines can expand what neither could accomplish alone.
As the AI tools available to our faculty and students evolve at a rapidly increasing pace, our work in the classroom and the study carrels of our libraries is not driven merely by a need to corral and upload the world's knowledge with a few keystrokes. A true liberal arts education is guided by the cultivation of wisdom and the human capabilities that underly it.
Our work reflects A&S's interdisciplinary approach to AI, one that combines technological innovation with ethical responsibility, historical perspective and a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.
The future of AI will be shaped not by technology alone, but by the irreplaceable judgment and ideas of the people harnessing it.
AI Literacy & Action Lab
People do not develop AI judgment by attending workshops. They develop it by doing real work, using AI to advance it, and reflecting honestly on what happened.
In partnership with the UVA Library, A&S helps lead the AI Literacy and Action Lab — a program where students and faculty build real AI judgment by working on real projects in their own disciplines, supported by trained librarian facilitators and grounded in a published framework.
AI in A&S News
From economics to astronomy to the arts, A&S faculty are shaping the national conversation on AI.
