The Berkeley Language Center supports, produces, and disseminates scholarship and resources focused on language and AI. From instructional materials to cross-disciplinary conferences to research articles, the BLC is proud to be a hub for work at the intersection of language, language learning/teaching, and artificial intelligence.
The Language & AI initiative stems from the potential impact of AI language tools for language, language learning, and language teaching. How can and should AI be applied in language-related research and teaching/learning? How can AI be leveraged to further the study/exploration of language/culture/humanities? What questions about language/culture/humanistic inquiry does AI encourage us to ask?
The goals of this initiative are to:
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engage the Berkeley campus community in cross-disciplinary conversations around AI and language
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produce and provide resources for (language) teachers on how to critically and meaningfully integrate AI tools into their classrooms
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support, engage in, and disseminate research on the intersection of language, language education, and AI
This Language & AI Initiative has been supported by a US Department of Education International Research and Studies Program grant (2023-2026) as well as local support from the Townsend Center for the Humanities.
