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Computing Pioneers Profoundly Disagree on AI Risk
Mingling with young researchers last month in Germany, luminaries in computer science debated AI’s potential impact on the future of humanity.
Why Professors Are Polarized on AI
Academics who perceive threats to education from AI band together as a survival mechanism. The resulting alliances echo divisions formed during online learning’s emergence.
AI Raises Complicated Questions About Authorship
As the public awaits clarity on the legality of generative AI outputs, academics parse differences between how machines and humans borrow in creative pursuits.
AI Has a Language Diversity Problem. Humans Do, Too.
AI writing tools sometimes “correct” students’ dialects. But fixing the tech’s shortcomings may be easier than addressing human language biases.
How AI Tools Both Help and Hinder Equity
The technology promises to assist students with disadvantages in developing skills needed for success. But AI also threatens to widen the education gap like no tech before it.
Professors Plan Summer AI Upskilling, With or Without Support
Academics seeking respite from the fire hose of AI information and hot takes launch summer workshops. But many of the grass-roots efforts fall short of meeting demand.