There’s a new back-to-school ritual for students and professors: brushing up on policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence. Thanks to the rise of generative artificial intelligence, what one instructor considers a tool in another context could be considered a slippery slope into academic dishonesty.
Some universities have implemented AI policies that faculty are required to enforce. Others have recommendations — but no school-wide standards. So, how should professors proceed update their class policies?
Sam Ransbotham, professor of analytics at Boston College and expert in machine learning and AI, joined GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath to discuss different kinds of AI policies in higher education. What follows is a lightly edited transcript.
