Partner with the Davis Institute for AI
We believe that a liberal arts education, where students have the space and structure to explore a wide array of academic interests and make unique connections, leads to graduates empowered to tackle interdisciplinary challenges in any field. The emerging ubiquity of AI is both an interdisciplinary challenge and opportunity for nearly every sector—this is why the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence was founded before AI entered the mainstream discourse.
Our mission at DavisAI is to empower students to be leaders in this intersection by equipping them with the technical, ethical, and conceptual foundations and creating opportunities to apply their learnings to real-world problems.
The Liberal Arts Advantage in an AI World
US News & World Report
Why AI Makes a Liberal Arts Education Even More Invaluable
Lewis & Clark President Robin Holmes-Sullivan details how modern liberal arts colleges are merging technology with interdisciplinary data science and ethical coursework to prepare students for career longevity.
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Financial Times
McKinsey challenges graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment overhaul
This report details how McKinsey & Company is testing applicants’ ability to challenge AI models, with CEO Bob Sternfels highlighting that liberal arts graduates offer “truly novel” logical thinking that machines cannot replicate.
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The New York Times
A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.
In this Socratic dialogue, philosopher Jennifer Frey argues that outsourcing our intellectual labor to AI underscores the urgent, existential necessity of classical “liberal learning” to preserve human freedom and self-cultivation.
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CBS News
Why the liberal arts can help young Americans prepare for the era of AI
Mainstream career and recruitment experts discuss why the automation of technical execution makes lateral thinking and “learning how to learn” the ultimate safeguards for long-term employability.
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The San Francisco Standard
Why AI will save the liberal arts degree
Wesleyan President Michael Roth explains why the active, in-person Socratic seminar remains a crucial and irreplaceable space for teaching students how to think for themselves, collaborate, and navigate complex information.
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World Economic Forum
In the age of AI, human skills are the new advantage
This article explores how experiential and entrepreneurial learning models can operationalize classical liberal arts principles to foster the human agency and critical thinking required to navigate an AI-driven economy.
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EdUp
The Indispensable Value of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Highlighting data from the 2025 AAC&U employer survey, this piece illustrates how a liberal arts foundation bridges a critical “preparation gap” by equipping graduates with the durable ethical reasoning and collaborative skills that technical training alone lacks.
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