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Stephen Downes

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This is a short article but it makes several very good points administrators in higher education should keep in mind before adopting artificial intelligence:

  • "match the tool to the purpose" - and indeed, have a purpose
  • "invest in data capabilities first" - this includes data management, ethics and policies, and overall data literacy
  • guide and leverage AI with human interpretation
  • be informed and critical about AI, knowing what it can and cannot do
  • "lean into improvement opportunities" in pedagogy and programming

I would also add the point that students need to be aware of how AI is shaping their own disciplines, removing much of the rote work and replacing a lot of creative, classification and recognition tasks with faster and cheaper tools.

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