Neela Bender

Higher education has become awash in debates over how to regulate students’ use of generative artificial intelligence tools since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022. However, these conversations often overlook professors’ use of AI to aid with their teaching or to create assignments for their students.

Artificial intelligence has grown to play a prominent role in the modern college experience, and Duke is no exception. A Chronicle survey from last spring found that three out of five students in the Class of 2028 used AI assistance at least weekly in their coursework, a jump from just one in five students in the previous year’s survey of the Class of 2027.

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.