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Slice of AI & Pie

AI & PIE A monthly series hosted by CTL, ITS, and the Library. Images show a pizza and a silhouette of a face made out of computer chip graphics

Conversations with AI: A CTL, ITS, and Library Series

Join us for this lively discussion exploring artificial intelligence in Higher Education.

We see great interest in utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for various purposes with promises to transform work, while also raising many ethical concerns and questions. The Library, Center for Teaching & Learning, and ITS have organized A Slice of AI & Pie to explore and discuss artificial intelligence in Higher Education. This lively pizza lunchtime discussion serves an AI tool to explore, discuss, and evaluate. Together, we will participate in shaping this series, create space for community conversations about AI to develop a better understanding of AI, and effectively leverage AI tools. Everyone is welcome to participate in learning more about AI in higher education, and exploring possibilities for co-curricular and curricular activities, learning and tutoring, research and scholarship, and services, as well as understanding the ethical, equity, and academic integrity implications of AI in higher education. 

Our goal is to explore artificial intelligence tools while also providing a broader context to understand the various forms and foundations… AI is not one thing, it’s a large landscape covering; computer vision, deep learning, expert systems, image recognition, machine learning, machine translation, neural networks, predictive analytics, robotics, speech to text & text to speech, text generation, etc. Generative artificial intelligence is a type of web-based AI tool, primarily trained chatbots, that use algorithms, data, and statistical models to reasonably make inferences, create text, image, sound, and other content.

An extensive list of generative AI tools are listed from Center for Teaching & Learning Generative AI Tools and the Dean of Students office maintains a page on Student Rights: AI & Academic Dishonesty.

Calendar of Events

Up Next:

Slice of AI & Pie: Google Gemini & NotebookLM AI Tools
Please join us and learn about Google Gemini & NotebookLM from Google folks, and enjoy pizza.
Friday, September 12, 2025, in Scholars Lab (Room 302, 3rd floor) from Noon - 1pm

Presenter: Anne Goldmann, West Region Manager, Google Workspace for Higher Education and colleagues will share tips for using Google's Gemini and NotebookLM tools.
Please RSVP by Wednesday 9/10/25
If you want to join online, please use: meet.google.com/oea-bzhy-zgu

Thank you for attending and participating!

May 6, 2025
A believer that Technology (AI) is the Future; With it we can do so much more!
By Kal El, Environmental Science Management Student, Entrepreneur and Creator
12:30pm, Library Learning Lab, Lib. 308

March 24, 2025
By Alana Chin, Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology Cal Poly Humboldt - Read Alana's full bio here.
In this session, we discussed choosing methods in machine learning to minimize computational complexity for greener modeling. How do we get the job done with the smallest footprint? Our choices in machine learning have real world implications for resource use. Adiscussion of machine learning in biological sciences and how we can optimize our methods to minimize climate impact. We talked through the wide range of ML choices in biology and how to pick based on functionality and minimalist approaches.
12pm - 1pm, Library Learning Lab, Lib. 308

January 31, 2025
Co-Pilot, Microsoft AI services available to campus
By Cade Webb, Acting CIO, Dr. Enoch Hale, & Cyril Oberlander
12:30pm - 1:30pm, Library Learning Lab, Lib. 308

December 9, 2024
Co-Pilot, Microsoft AI services available to campus
By Cade Webb, Acting CIO, Dr. Enoch Hale, & Cyril Oberlander
4pm - 5pm, Library Learning Lab, Lib. 308

November 21, 2024
Reading Critically with AI (While Reading AI Critically)
By Dr. Jessica Citti, Dr. Enoch Hale, & Cyril Oberlander
Noon - 1pm, Library Learning Lab, Lib. 308
Supplemental document: Generative AI Tools for Reading Scholarly Articles

November 1, 2024
Inaugural Slice of AI & Pie 
By Dr. Enoch Hale & Dean Cyril Oberlander
Noon - 1pm, Library Learning Lab, Lib. 308