At Williams College, ‘62 Center season spotlights AI, climate change and student-led performances

The Berkshire Eagle · last updated September 25, 2025 – 8:08 AM

WILLIAMSTOWN — It’s been about a decade since Shanti Pillai and Marc Gomes first decided to adapt Franz Kafka’s short story “A Report To An Academy,” well before the onset of artificial intelligence became mainstream.

The 1917 Kafka story takes form as a characteristically absurd lecture delivered by an ape, dubbed Red Peter, who is civilized and conditioned to mimic human behavior after being captured by hunters.

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