Universities are making different choices about AI. How will they fit with their public missions?

By Nadia Delanoy, Assistant Professor, Leadership, Policy, and Governance and Learning Sciences, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary

Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from being an emerging technology to one that is rapidly forcing universities to make consequential choices.

The federal government is investing heavily in university-based research in artificial intelligence, and has introduced an AI literacy strategy that includes a commitment to reaching one million entry-level post-secondary students.

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