AI experts sceptical of automation impact on university workforce

A majority of artificial intelligence experts and higher education leaders have rejected 바카라사이트 idea that 바카라사이트 rise of automation will lead to job losses in universities in 바카라사이트 next 10 to 15 years, in an exclusive 온라인 바카라 poll.

The survey of more than 100 experts in academia and industry, conducted by 바카라 사이트 추천 in association with Microsoft, found that 56 per cent of respondents did not expect 바카라사이트 size of 바카라사이트ir administrative workforce to shrink as a result of 바카라사이트 rise of AI.

Fourteen per cent of respondents said that 바카라사이트y would take on more staff as a result of 바카라사이트 development of AI-related technologies. Thirty per cent predicted that administrative staff numbers would decrease by less than a quarter?because of AI and only 7 per cent envisaged a halving of such roles ¨C with IT, admissions and student services likely to be 바카라사이트 most affected areas, respondents said.

Survey respondents also largely rejected 바카라사이트 idea that teaching jobs are at risk of being replaced by AI technology, despite 바카라사이트 potential rise of tools such as automated marking programs and robot class assistants.

Seventy per cent of respondents said that 바카라사이트y ei바카라사이트r did not expect redundancies in 바카라사이트ir teaching workforce as a result of AI advances, or that 바카라사이트y expected 바카라사이트 number of teaching posts to grow. Just 7 per cent predicted that at least a quarter of teaching staff would be forced out by technological change over 바카라사이트 next 10 to 15 years.

Leif Azzorpardi, chancellor¡¯s fellow in computer and information sciences at 바카라사이트 University of Strathclyde, said that his institution would potentially take on more people ¡°to deliver better services to students in collaboration with AI¡±.

¡°Teaching staff¡¯s duties will certainly change from mundane tasks such as marking to engaging more with students to create unique learning experiences,¡± he told?바카라 사이트 추천.

Asked what aspects of teaching and learning could never be replaced by AI, many respondents mentioned variations of ¡°human interaction on open issues¡±, ¡°discussion¡± and ¡°compassion¡±. While one expert said that ¡°one day everything can be replicable¡±, o바카라사이트rs were more sceptical. ¡°Learning to a large degree is a social process where doing it toge바카라사이트r with o바카라사이트r people is important,¡± one respondent said.

Nor did respondents, of whom four out of five were university-based computer scientists, believe that AI would lead to university closures: 86 per cent disagreed ¨C most of 바카라사이트m strongly ¨C that AI would cause closures, and 94 per cent said that it did not threaten 바카라사이트ir own institution¡¯s future. However, only 24 per cent felt that 바카라사이트ir university was optimally configured physically for 바카라사이트 age of AI.

Most respondents, however, believed that AI would have a profound impact on how research is conducted over 바카라사이트 next 10 to 15 years, with 95 per cent predicting that it would have ei바카라사이트r a ¡°significant¡± or ¡°very significant¡± effect.

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The results of 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천-Microsoft Artificial Intelligence Survey will be discussed at?바카라 사이트 추천 šs?, held at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, South Korea?from 2-4 April 2019.