Arts & Sciences Council held a roundtable to gather student perspectives on the role of artificial intelligence in the classroom and address questions of shared governance in a moderated discussion with Provost Alec Gallimore at its Thursday meeting.
The conversation comes after faculty members had voiced concerns about the launch of the Provost’s Initiative on artificial intelligence, which gave students unlimited access to ChatGPT-4o, citing a lack of involvement in that decision making.
Students and Gallimore on AI
Eight undergraduate students from various academic disciplines shared their experiences navigating generative AI and offered takeaways for faculty. The council hosted the roundtable in response to the recent Provost’s Initiative focused on artificial intelligence and the rollout of the University’s own managed AI platform, DukeGPT.
Students broke down how and why Duke undergraduates have used generative technologies both inside and outside of the classroom…