PERSPECTIVES: Jump on the AI Bandwagon? Not So Fast! Big Questions Need Answering

Professor Scott Latham, University of Massachusetts Lowell, writing in INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “While most faculty are now struggling with students’ reliance on ChatGPT, as a scholar who has studied disruptive technologies, as well as their impact on jobs, I’m here to argue that student usage of ChatGPT should be the least of faculty members’ concerns. Make no mistake: At the end of this decade, i.e., 2030, AI will be solely teaching a notable percentage of courses across the globe. (Don’t believe me? Five years ago, I wrote that by 2024 AI would replace software engineers—a prediction that raised skeptical eyebrows. Well, I hate to say I told you so: AI is beginning to replace coders.” Read the full commentary here.

(Professor Latham’s essay recommended to FutureU by Professor Zach Kaiser)

 

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