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"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...

ru.nl‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud UniversitySince the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

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Well reasoned, as a former professor / professional who now works for an education tech company, we are finding that more and more higher education institutions are growing increasingly skeptical of AI uses, especially when it comes to topics of their discipline.

While AI can give hints, we need to learn thinking first, and critical thinking. i.e. translating the university's website. The AI can do the maloche (Ruhrpottkind 🤷🏻‍♂️), but somebody who knows both languages, should correct it.

Translate "Im Regen Regen tut sich etwas Regen" into English. I'm sure, "Regen" is translated more than once into "rain". I would translate it as: Something moves in the pouring rain.

I advise non-profits and other mission-driven orgs on AI governance and risk mgmt and with the newer reasoning engines I’m feeling that deskilling is become one of the top, under-recognized risks to orgs and their people. And others, like bias grow worse as models grow better, more reliable.