Artificial Intelligence Initiative
UMaine AI is a unique Maine-based venture that brings together university, industry, government, and community collaborators from Maine and beyond to advance the field of artificial intelligence. Through the development of innovative technologies and applications, we find transformative solutions to enhance human life and societal well-being in Maine and beyond.
Focus Areas
Learning With AI
As the sudden rise of generative AI sends shock waves through society, no sector is feeling the disruption as abruptly and pervasively as education. Large Language Models like ChatGPT threaten to make the term paper obsolete, while diffusion-based text-to-image generators like Midjourney offer a way to create images that’s completely outside the workflow of most illustrators and designers, whether trained in analog or digital media.
Rather than try to ban this technology from classrooms outright, the Learning With AI project asks if this moment offers an opportunity to introduce students to the ethical and economic questions wreaked by these new tools, as well as to experiment with progressive forms of pedagogy that can exploit them.
AI webinars
These free webinars provided the Maine business community, policymakers, attorneys, healthcare providers, and others key insights from AI experts around the globe. Visit the webinar archive page to access these courses.
About UMaine AI
UMaine AI draws top talent and leverages a distinctive set of capabilities from the University of Maine and other collaborating institutions from across Maine and beyond, while it also recruits world-class talent from across the nation and the world. It is centered at the University of Maine, leveraging the university’s strengths across disciplines, including computing and information sciences, engineering, health and life sciences, business, education, social sciences, and more.
Vision
To make Maine a world-class hub for artificial intelligence research, education, and applications.
Mission
To develop through innovative and coordinated research, education, and strategic partnerships transformative AI-based solutions that enhance the social and economic well-being of the citizens of Maine and beyond.
