From Current Affairs: “Almost overnight, the hand-wringing turned into hand-rubbing. The same professors forecasting academic doom were now giddily rebranding themselves as ‘AI-ready educators’. Across campus, workshops like ‘Building AI Skills and Knowledge in the Classroom’ and ‘AI Literacy Essentials’ popped up like mushrooms after rain. The initial panic about plagiarism gave way to a resigned embrace: ‘If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.’ This about-face wasn’t unique to my campus. The California State University (CSU) system—America’s largest public university system with 23 campuses and nearly half a million students—went all-in, announcing a $17 million partnership with OpenAI.”
