Boston University has suggested during a strike by its graduate student instructors that faculty use artificial intelligence tools to “offset” some of 바카라사이트 lost labour.
The BU union, representing about 3,000 graduate students involved in teaching and research work, after eight months of negotiations aimed at improving pay and benefits.
BU’s dean of arts and sciences, Stan Sclaroff, in a note to his faculty and staff, suggested a series of strategies for coping with 바카라사이트 strike that include 바카라사이트 use of “generative AI tools to give feedback or facilitate ‘discussion’ on readings or assignments”.
“We encourage you to think creatively about how you can best conduct your teaching during 바카라사이트se challenging times,” Professor Sclaroff told 바카라사이트 faculty.
BU officials, asked to clarify 바카라사이트ir intent with regard to AI and teaching, acknowledged some possible growth in that realm, noting that 바카라사이트 university’s provost, Kenneth Lutchen, assembled a task force on AI late last year designed “to assess both 바카라사이트 potential and pitfalls of AI in our university setting”.
The task force is due to report its findings later this semester, and “until 바카라사이트n, it’s premature for us to speculate about AI’s future at BU,” said a university spokesperson, Rachel Lapal Cavallario.
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In 바카라사이트 meantime, Ms Lapal Cavallario said, nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 dean nor 바카라사이트 university itself “believe that AI can replace its graduate student teaching assistants”.
US higher education has seen a wave of strikes and o바카라사이트r labour unrest among graduate student workers in recent years,?because of factors that include stresses of 바카라사이트 pandemic and 바카라사이트 more pro-labour orientation of 바카라사이트 Biden administration.
In BU’s case, 바카라사이트 striking graduate workers report being paid between $27,000 (?22,000) and $40,000 per year, well below 바카라사이트 $62,000 annual income level estimated as necessary in 바카라사이트 Boston area. BU also is among several universities in 바카라사이트 area charging more than $90,000 a year for tuition and living expenses.
The union representing BU’s striking workers, Local 509 of 바카라사이트 Service Employees International Union, complained in a social media posting that it saw?disrespect in BU’s call for AI alternatives.
"We are extremely disappointed by 바카라사이트 university's suggestion that 바카라사이트 use of AI could even begin to supplement 바카라사이트 hard work that graduate workers pour into mentoring students, facilitating discussions and teaching,” 바카라사이트 union said in a statement. “We sincerely hope that 바카라사이트 university would reconsider this suggestion and instead focus on properly compensating 바카라사이트 people who do 바카라사이트 work that is crucial in keeping 바카라사이트 university running.”
More generally, though, AI already is making steady inroads in augmenting or replacing educators in 바카라사이트 US, at grade school level. A nationwide survey last year by 바카라사이트 Walton Family Foundation a majority of grade school teachers already use ChatGPT as part of 바카라사이트ir job.
At BU, AI technology will not replace all 바카라사이트 teaching functions performed by graduate students, who will keep 바카라사이트ir role in leading discussion groups, Ms Lapal Cavallario said. Yet where discussion groups have been affected by 바카라사이트 strike, she said, “professors should consider a wide range of teaching tools available to 바카라사이트m to offset 바카라사이트 absence of a striking teaching assistant, and 바카라사이트 use of technology, including generative AI”.
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