Universities Expand AI Offerings As Student Interest Surges Post-ChatGPT
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Professors are offering more courses on AI and using AI tools to help teach and answer student questions. A UC Berkeley professor has students use a chatbot to get coding hints.
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Students across disciplines like law and medicine are taking AI classes to understand the technology's impact on their fields. Schools are adding AI classes in diverse areas.
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Interest in AI has surged since ChatGPT's release. A San Francisco State professor sees more non-computer science students taking his ethical AI certificate.
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Universities are using AI to solve classroom problems, like long office hours wait times. A UC Berkeley professor is testing a chatbot to answer common student questions.
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Public universities see a role in balancing industry optimism about AI with concerns about its societal impacts. Debates are starting on issues like AI's effect on jobs.