Stephen Downes

This is a report (40 page PDF) from an Ad Hoc Committee on AI use at MIT containing two major parts: a set of 'guiding principles' and a (much more comprehensive) set of recommendations. The recommendations have three sections: adapting education to an AI world, center the human community, and building review processes. These (in my cyclical view) address MIT's two major issues: how to make sure what it teaches remains relevant, and how to maintain MIT's exclusivity in a world where learning becomes that much more attainable. That's why (to my observation) the learning becomes more focused on personal experience (eg., out-of-class activities, more lab spaces) and the college community (value of residential education, strengthen social connections). These are the right recommendations, I think, but I don't think we need an MIT to do this. Via Fredrik Graver.