Among the hats I wear at the University of Texas is that I serve as vice provost for academic affairs. In that capacity, I have worked closely with a number of teams across the university to think about ways to incorporate generative AI into the teaching and learning experience.
As we have progressed on that journey, many people have asked me whether generative AI will ultimately make college education less relevant. These tools provide support for a number of tasks that knowledge workers perform routinely. While the technology underlying large language models leads to hallucinations and biases, it’s likely that the next decade will see incorporation of other AI techniques that will make these systems more powerful reasoners and better able to detect inconsistencies.
My response is that bachelors and advanced degree programs become more important as AI technology develops.
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