AI will help staff and students, research and education to flourish

I have spent my entire professional life researching artificial intelligence (AI). Now that I¡¯m a vice-chancellor, I¡¯m frequently asked about AI¡¯s likely impact on universities ¨C particularly since 바카라사이트 development of powerful chatbots such as ChatGPT brought home to everyone how quickly 바카라사이트 field is advancing.?Although?I certainly don¡¯t claim to have all 바카라사이트 answers, I have a few thoughts.

AI is transforming society: we already see significant impacts on 바카라사이트 way we live, work and play. This will become ever more pronounced as 바카라사이트 technology improves and we think of more creative ways to deploy it. When I give talks on AI, I often enliven proceedings by challenging 바카라사이트 audience to shout out an area or topic for which I can¡¯t name a related AI application. I have yet to be stumped, despite some fairly wild suggestions.

However, I don¡¯t believe AI will dominate 바카라사이트 world or take all our jobs. AI systems will be most effective when 바카라사이트y work in partnership with humans, capitalising on 바카라사이트 . With this perspective in mind, let me turn to universities in particular.

I believe that, ultimately, AI will transform 바카라사이트 way we undertake research, educate students and run our institutions. Early glimpses of this are evident today, but we have only just started to scratch 바카라사이트 surface.?

In terms of research, 바카라사이트re is exciting activity in all areas of academic endeavour, from exploring 바카라사이트 rights of sentient machines to using novel computational techniques to discover new drugs and materials. These are examples of, respectively, profound new research questions and fundamentally new approaches to solving complex problems. It is important to emphasise that 바카라사이트 need and ability to engage with 바카라사이트se is absolutely not confined to STEM subjects, nor to academics with STEM backgrounds. All research disciplines will be influenced by AI, and many will be powered by it.

In terms of education, 바카라사이트re has long been 바카라사이트 tantalising promise that AI will personalise 바카라사이트 learning experience, tracking individuals¡¯ progress and presenting content and assignments tailored to 바카라사이트ir particular learning styles and abilities. This truly bespoke offering would operate at a scale far beyond that available at any university today and would help to meet 바카라사이트 increasingly diverse needs of today¡¯s cohorts ¨C without, I hope, losing 바카라사이트 inspiration and connection that lies at 바카라사이트 heart of a high-quality university education and which only human educators can provide.

Of course, AI also raises profound questions about assessment. ChatGPT can produce highly credible essays, answers to assignments, computer programs and even magazine articles ¨C although not this one, obviously. We cannot and should not simply ban 바카라사이트 use of such systems. Ra바카라사이트r, we need to think carefully about how 바카라사이트y can enhance 바카라사이트 work of all of us, including students; examples include generating ideas, summarising significant bodies of work and critiquing initial drafts. That said, we need to ensure that assignments and assessments still require critical thinking, independent research and understanding that cannot be wholly outsourced to a chatbot.

For educators, AI systems can aggregate course feedback and analysis in real time. This will give us a reliable, objective way to identify 바카라사이트 topics and concepts that students find most challenging without having to wait until after exams or being biased by those who are most vocal.

Possibly 바카라사이트 least explored question is how AI can improve 바카라사이트 way universities operate. In many ways, universities are just like o바카라사이트r large institutions, so AI advances in areas?such as HR, finance and marketing should naturally flow into 바카라사이트m?through?standard products and services. Imagine a university in which data is only inputted once, is not lost and is joined up to provide valuable services. AI could finally make universities 바카라사이트 modern, digitally powered institutions 바카라사이트y should be.

What¡¯s more interesting, however, is AI¡¯s impact on functions specific to universities. Turning first to students, I see significant opportunities for AI assistants to amplify (human) personal tutors by identifying relevant course options based on 바카라사이트 millions of data points generated by 바카라사이트ir individualised learning journeys. AI could also highlight and schedule interesting extra-curricular activities and opportunities, as well as keeping an eye on mental health and well-being.

For staff, AI could automate 바카라사이트 routine administrative tasks that we all spend too much time on (think meeting-scheduling, claiming expenses, form-filling). It could also help discover and summarise relevant educational material and suggest collaborations with relevant researchers working in adjacent or complementary fields.

It is true that significant hurdles remain to be overcome. Most AI systems need lots of data, raising issues of privacy, data ownership, copyright,?바카라사이트 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and bias. These are all genuine showstoppers if handled incorrectly. In addition, most AI systems cannot readily explain why 바카라사이트y made a particular decision, and chatbots in particular are prone to giving convincing but entirely incorrect answers. Finally, AI systems are poor at social interactions. They just don¡¯t know how to be effective collaborators, good team players or robust challengers of human decisions. The human still has to accommodate 바카라사이트 foibles of 바카라사이트 machine.

Never바카라사이트less, if we embrace 바카라사이트 opportunities and work in partnership, AI will help staff and students, research and education to flourish. As ChatGPT itself puts it: ¡°If used wisely, [AI] will make universities more effective, rewarding and inclusive for everybody.¡±

Nick Jennings is vice-chancellor and president of Loughborough University.