Empire AI and UB’s current state of affairs
In January 2024, Governor Hochul announced the Empire AI project as a consortium of public and private NY universities, state funds, and corporate partners. Fundamentally, Empire AI is a planned 15MW data center that is being built on the University at Buffalo’s North Campus. That data center will be located on a service road on…
Inclined Planes for Social Good and Other Intellectual Maladies
The decision to trial Flock Security cameras on campus materially intersects with the university’s claims to pursue AI for social good. UB’s central university and decanal websites, along with its “AI and Society” department, clearly represent the institution’s public position on AI.
In short, the message is consistent: we do AI for good. UB…
Post Hoc Public AI
The rhetoric of the higher education industry regarding artificial intelligence operates by the following premises. AI will transform society on a consequential scale. Universities must adapt to substantial social change. Universities have a responsibility for the public good. Universities must respond to AI by participating in its development, infrastructure, and governance. Therefore universities must transform…
College student AI (mis)use by major/field
At the start of the academic year, some version of “students these days” often arises. This time it is in the form of AI cheating. There have been a few recently published reports on this matter. In Science, “Generative AI use and misuse call for assessment reform in higher education” (Chirikov, Smirnov, and Kzilcec) looked…
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