Universities Vow To Educate the Ignorant Masses about AI, Apparently

Empty Promises from Ivory Towers

Turns out the 24 pompous Vice Chancellors of the Russell Group felt the need to bless us with their grand plan of pushing “ethical and responsible use” of generative AI and the latest tech toys like ChatGPT. Their idea of a groundbreaking initiative? Shoving AI literacy down the throats of their precious over-priced student body and overlooked staff members. Spoiler: Universities just realized it’s important to understand technology in the Technology Age!

Could This Really Mean Something?

Sure, if they finally pull this off, it might mean your supposedly competent university grad won’t look like a deer in headlights when presented with AI technology. Hurray for the era of semi-useful degrees! However, if universities do succeed in redefining an ‘AI-literate’ majority, it could lead to interesting applications for AI and potentially balance the scales of power. Having a more AI-educated population could encourage innovative developments, ethical discussions and maybe, just maybe, some well-rounded progress.

Final “Why-Should-I-Care” Commentary

In the grand old scheme of things, this might just be another lofty promise from the relics of academia. Who really knows if they can make the students and staff AI-literate, when some universities still struggle with common sense technology like projectors? The crowning irony is having students drowning in debts learning from institutions who are only beginning to catch on to the fact that AI is here to stay. Do us all a favor, universities, stop pretending you’re the guileless saviors of current gen tech, and just bloody catch up already!

Original article:https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2023/07/04/universities-ensure-staff-and-students-ai-literate/