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The AI Society

Arizona State University's student community for artificial intelligence.

Open to every major. Tempe, Arizona.

Est. at ASU · Student-runScroll

[01] About

A community of lifelong learners, making AI education accessible to every ASU student.

We explore artificial intelligence through workshops, tutorials, research reading groups and hands-on projects, regardless of your background or major.

Come for a workshop. Stay for the people building, reading, and shipping alongside you.

General members: 1000+
Events per year: 30+

how_it_works.txt

  curiosity ──▶ workshops ──▶ projects
      ▲                          │
      │                          ▼
  community ◀── speakers ◀── research

fig. 2: the loop we run every semester

[02] Programs

fig. 3: Getting Started with Machine Learningguest speaker sessionafter the talkofficers and volunteers

fig. 3: Getting Started with Machine Learningguest speaker sessionafter the talkofficers and volunteers

What we do, all year.

01
Workshops
From foundational AI concepts and Python basics to machine learning and advanced techniques.
[learn]
02
Research Paper Reading
Sessions working through the latest AI research papers and breakthroughs.
[read]
03
AI Flagship Initiative
A club-wide, multidisciplinary project representing the spirit of AI.
[build]
04
Guest Speakers & Recruiting
Industry and academic researchers sharing insight on AI trends and career paths.
[listen]
05
Network Expansion
Regular collaborations with organizations and industry across the field of AI.
[connect]
06
Social & Special Events
Summits, hackathons, bootcamps, mountain hikes, movie nights and networking that build lasting friendships.
[gather]

Every program is designed for different skill levels. No prerequisites to show up.

[03] Initiatives

Bigger things we run.

Alongside our regular programs, we host flagship events for the wider community: Innovation Hacks, our hackathon, where students team up to build with AI, and the AI Summit, which brings students, researchers and industry together to talk about where the field is headed.

~/ais/projects

$ cat README.md

Beyond events, we build. Members and officers ship real projects together, from the internal tools that keep a student organization running to agentic harnesses and physical robots. Some grow into initiatives of their own.

$ ls -l

internal-tools/: [tool]Bedrockplatform.ais-asu.com [compute]Godfatherpypi.org
education/: [reference]AI-pediapedia.ais-asu.com
agent-harnesses/: [assistant]SparkyAIsparky.ais-asu.com
robotics/: [robot]Sir Beeps a Lotcoming soon

[04] Research

Real research, with labs and industry.

Our academic officers volunteer with partner labs across ASU and with industry partners, working on state-of-the-art problems in AI where our interests overlap. One semester, one point of contact, and a real result at the end, ideally a paper.

semester.plan

  01  direction          first weeks
   │
   ▼
  02  research / build   most of the term
   │
   ▼
  03  paper?             end of term

Run a lab at ASU and want to collaborate? theaisociety@asu.edu

[05] Membership

Three ways in.

ais — zsh — 80×24

$ ais join --as member

> how: Join on Sun Devil Central and our Discord.
> why: Workshops, events, and a spot in the resume book with participation.

[ join ]

$ ais join --as officer

> how: Apply online. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
> why: Funding, the alumni network, and opportunities with partner research labs.

[ apply ]

$ ais join --as sponsor