As AI systems become capable of generating images, text, music, and design at scale, the question of creativity is often reduced to whether machines can match human output. But the more important question is what becomes more valuable because of AI. CAMD programs cultivate the judgment and perspective to allow people to orient and give meaning to what AI makes possible — experimenting with the benefits and limitations of computational processes, rather than simply producing within them.
AI at CAMD
At the College of Arts, Media and Design, artificial intelligence is neither a purely technical subject nor a distant social phenomenon to be observed from the outside. We are practitioners, critics, and creators, and we bring that orientation directly to how we engage with AI — as a technology to be used thoughtfully, a cultural force to be understood critically, and a field to be shaped with intention. Our approach is organized around three interconnected commitments: creativity, critical engagement, and literacy.
A student who cultivates creative attention also learns to question the systems shaping what they see. A student who understands AI as a cultural and political form is better positioned to design with intention. This is what it means to engage with AI at CAMD: to bring the full depth of humanistic, critical, and creative thinking to bear on one of the defining technologies of our time.
CAMD research and teaching emphasizes AI literacy — with a critical and creative lens
We pursue critical engagement with AI as a medium that transforms urban spaces, storytelling, journalism, and democratic participation, situating AI systems politically and culturally rather than treating them as neutral tools. A student equipped to critically engage with AI can interrogate how outputs are produced, make intentional choices about when to use AI and when not to, and understand the ethical and moral stakes of an AI-embedded society.
We are actively building human-centered AI — work that requires a deep understanding of what it means to be human and how technology can meaningfully support human flourishing. This means developing literacy across many dimensions — technological, data, information, and design — so that students can not only use AI tools effectively, but interrogate how they work and what values they embed.
AI Projects Showcase
Memory Box
AI at CAMD
Memory Box explores how older adults envision and value reminiscence therapy mediated by voice-based large language models.
AI workflows for serious illness conversations in ED
AI at CAMD
Serious illness conversations—discussions about values and care preferences—can align medical care with what matters most to patients, yet they rarely happen in Emergency Departments.
On using LLMs for studying news coverage
Center for Transformative Media, AI at CAMD
Generative LLMs like GPT and Claude are increasingly being used as content analytical tools, but how effective are they for frame analysis?
AI Webinar Series
Center for Transformative Media, AI at CAMD
This webinar series examines artificial intelligence as a cultural medium rather than merely a technical tool, exploring how AI shapes communication, creativity, governance, and everyday life across diverse contexts.
AI for research: a modular dissertation management system
AI at CAMD
Investigating how working with AI can enhance administrative workflows for professional and academic work.
AI Webinar Series
Center for Transformative Media, AI at CAMD
This webinar series examines artificial intelligence as a cultural medium rather than merely a technical tool, exploring how AI shapes communication, creativity, governance, and everyday life across diverse contexts.
AI for research: a modular dissertation management system
AI at CAMD
Investigating how working with AI can enhance administrative workflows for professional and academic work.
Memory Box
AI at CAMD
Memory Box explores how older adults envision and value reminiscence therapy mediated by voice-based large language models.
AI workflows for serious illness conversations in ED
AI at CAMD
Serious illness conversations—discussions about values and care preferences—can align medical care with what matters most to patients, yet they rarely happen in Emergency Departments.
On using LLMs for studying news coverage
Center for Transformative Media, AI at CAMD
Generative LLMs like GPT and Claude are increasingly being used as content analytical tools, but how effective are they for frame analysis?
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AI for research: a modular dissertation management system
AI at CAMD
Investigating how working with AI can enhance administrative workflows for professional and academic work.
Memory Box
AI at CAMD
Memory Box explores how older adults envision and value reminiscence therapy mediated by voice-based large language models.
AI workflows for serious illness conversations in ED
AI at CAMD
Serious illness conversations—discussions about values and care preferences—can align medical care with what matters most to patients, yet they rarely happen in Emergency Departments.
On using LLMs for studying news coverage
Center for Transformative Media, AI at CAMD
Generative LLMs like GPT and Claude are increasingly being used as content analytical tools, but how effective are they for frame analysis?
AI Webinar Series
Center for Transformative Media, AI at CAMD
This webinar series examines artificial intelligence as a cultural medium rather than merely a technical tool, exploring how AI shapes communication, creativity, governance, and everyday life across diverse contexts.
Publications
View a curated list of essays and perspectives from CAMD faculty exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence with art, design, media, and creative practice.
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