{"id":2067,"date":"2024-10-22T10:25:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2024-11-12T09:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:59:51","slug":"the-times-they-are-a-changin-ais-powerful-winds-sweeping-across-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/the-times-they-are-a-changin-ais-powerful-winds-sweeping-across-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Times They are a-Changin’: AI’s Powerful Winds Sweeping Across Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

H<\/span>igher education is often in a state of flux. Each year, teachers pour over their classroom materials reflecting on what transpired last year, spending countless hours considering the value and merit of the textbooks they used, the presentations they shared with their students, and the assessments they utilized to measure the students\u2019 absorption of their teachings. Administrators,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

too, are accustomed to change as teaching policies, strategies and resources persist in a constant state of flux. Yet, a more impactful and sudden change has swept across all schools\u2014elementary to universities alike\u2014that has abruptly disrupted pedagogical models and practices in unprecedented ways. The winds of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, are quickly picking up intensity and show little signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generative AI refers to AI technology that is capable of creating original content, such as text images, video and sound from high-level instructions (referred to as prompts).i<\/sup> In short, AI isn\u2019t merely a tech tool that can help students; it\u2019s capable of taking the student\u2019s place in creating work-product with no supervision and minimal direction. It relies on complex machine-learning algorithms and large language models (LLMs) to provide powerful capabilities for content creation\u2014all with a user-friendly interface. Although there are now many examples of generative AI platforms, one of the most popular, OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, launched in November 2022 and quickly became the \u201cfastest-growing consumer application in history,\u201d as it took less than two months to reach 100 million users.ii<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having attended many conferences and panels focused on the AI storm in higher education, I\u2019ve observed a spectrum of excitement, confidence and concern among faculty. A vigorous debate has emerged: If the goal is student learning, are these headwinds or tailwinds toward that destination? While the jury on that question is still out, few would deny the powerful capabilities and potential that AI has already demonstrated to transform the way in which students are taught. And as is true for all significant storms, ignoring them is unlikely to yield positive results. To the contrary, inaction all but guarantees catastrophic danger for both students and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, there can be little question that AI will have a significant role in shaping the future of higher education. Thus, the relevant question isn\u2019t whether AI should be part of higher-ed\u2014the question is how. In my view, there will be three key aspects to harness the power of AI winds and bring higher education into the future: (1) attention, (2) adaptation and (3) implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATTENTION<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every level of the education system has been uniquely impacted by generative AI. Early education teachers face different concerns and opportunities than high school teachers and higher-ed instructors. Similarly, in higher education, each discipline has been rewarded with its own advantages and plagued with its own challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, those teaching college writing courses have been asked to grow the knowledge and abilities of students who\u2014with generative AI\u2014possess the capability of generating a 10-page paper on any topic faster than it previously took a student to ready their typewriter or boot their computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a mere stretch of a few fingertips and some sinister motivation, every student can be tempted into ChatGPT\u2019s intuitive interface for nearly instantaneous work-product that can often outperform an average student.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This newfound capability surely provides students with increased potential for efficiency, but it also presents instructors with significant pedagogical challenges. When awarding a grade, how is a faculty member to know if the merit should go to the student or a well-trained algorithm?iii<\/sup> Similarly, university history professors have suddenly found themselves with a cadre of students who can submit an assignment summarizing or \u201creflecting\u201d on a period of history with little assurance the knowledge put to paper was actually gained by working through the assigned material. Did the student create their work-product by laboring through the course materials or by the instant gratification provided through ChatGPT?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those teaching language courses (ChatGPT is fluent in many languages),iv<\/sup> computer science courses (ChatGPT not only writes but also debugs code)v<\/sup> and math courses (ChatGPT gives you the right answer and<\/em> shows its work)vi<\/sup> have also not been spared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law Schools & Generative AI<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my specific discipline, law schools are now directly facing the AI winds in ways very few could have predicted just a few years ago. In addition to being able to write faster than any human can possibly type, understand complex Latin phrases and instantly summarize long texts, generative AI programs have proven themselves capable of understanding logic, precedent and legal analysis.vii<\/sup> Thus, absent severing their students\u2019 internet connection, law school professors face many of the same challenges as peers across higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was a student\u2019s legal memo generated after long nights of reading dense legal material and writing and rewriting (then again revising) drafts? Or was it a product of a few well-executed prompts? Was the question just answered by a student in class the result of a well-prepared student or the craftiness of a quick-witted student who received a helpful generative whisper without ever talking to a single (human) classmate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI impacts not just the legal writing courses critical to a law student\u2019s transformation into a lawyer, but also the doctrinal courses without which students would have little value to offer a client\u2014or even gain admission into a bar to share those skills with a client. Knowledge of substantive and procedural law\u2014and the ability to effectively communicate that knowledge\u2014are indispensable for any lawyer (and their clients) to find success. As of now, none of this can be \u201cdownloaded\u201d to a student in the way fantasized in \u201cThe Matrix.\u201d Acquiring those skills and knowledge can be achieved only through immense effort and iterative practice. The chief concern, however, is that generative AI allows law students to produce the work-product without much of the effort (or learning) that happens during the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, concerns of plagiarism are hardly new. For many years, students have been able to submit papers authored by someone else, look up answers to common or reused questions in online resources, translate large quantities of text with online tools or copy the computer code\/legal analysis of students before them. But aside from the ethical barriers that stood between a student and ill-gained work-product, there were practical challenges that made those practices the exception rather than the rule. No centralized source or tool could accomplish all of these so successfully with such minimal investment, as does generative AI. With a mere stretch of a few fingertips and some sinister motivation, every student can be tempted into ChatGPT\u2019s intuitive interface for nearly instantaneous work-product that can often outperform an average student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refocusing on Process<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of intentions or motivations, students who rely on generative AI can suffer significant negative impact on their learning. Course assessments are often based strictly on the final work-product submitted by the student, even though the learning value for almost all disciplines lies not in the work-product itself but the process<\/em> of generating it. In many fields, generative AI has eliminated the requirement for that process to create the final work-product; the process can now be replaced by a student\u2019s short prompt and AI\u2019s near instantaneous creation. Yet, ChatGPT\u2019s perfectly written English paper, accurate accounting of an historical period or well-organized legal memorandum offer little value for a student looking to learn how to create high-quality works. A student can produce great work-product with generative AI, but ask them to explain the characteristics contributing to its quality or to explain why it embodies what they were learning, and you may be faced with a blank stare. So, students taking advantage of that process shortcut aren\u2019t just cheating their professor, they are cheating themselves from an opportunity to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A student can produce great work-product with generative AI, but ask them to explain the characteristics contributing to its quality or to explain why it embodies what they were learning, and you may be faced with a blank stare.<\/span><\/p>

<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Nor should it be comforting to students that clients usually care most about the quality of the final work-product and that after graduation the student will be able to more freely rely on generative AIviii<\/sup>\u2014because so will the student\u2019s future clients. For example, in some law firms, entry-level lawyers are now in competition with AI programs, as some of the tasks traditionally performed by junior lawyers have been outsourced to automated technologies\u2014often at the request of clients looking to reduce costs from high billing rates. Vendors of these AI products are often quick to promote them without necessarily considering the full impact of implementation. Thus, the value a student can offer his or her future client will not be as an e-deliverer of AI-generated work-product\u2014it will be in providing something more than what AI alone can generate. Likely that will derive in some form from the student\u2019s developed expertise of the underlying subject matter, as well as the appreciation and knowledge for how AI can positively contribute to the end-result, either through efficiency or quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a deep focus on grades, however, the pedagogical value of the process is often lost on too many students during their learning. A focus for many students is achieving a good grade\u2014not necessarily learning the material. As a result, a dangerous dichotomy begins to emerge: Faculty face growing challenges in assessing progress in student learning, while students (and employers) gain a false confidence in performance based on work-product no longer serving the needs or objectives of either participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting Expectations<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even more problematic than mere access to this disruptive technology is the lack of agreement and notice for what faculty view as welcome, suspect or prohibited use of AI in their courses. In the absence of a universal AI ethical code\u2014and in many cases minimal guidance in a course syllabus\u2014even those students looking to do the \u201cright thing\u201d have found difficulty understanding exactly where that threshold lies. Given the high stakes accompanying grades for many students\u2019 future career prospects, failing to utilize available tools that classmates (that is, fellow competitors for jobs) rely on to gain an advantage might prove too costly. To be sure, existing academic policies provide extensive remedies against students who bend the rules too far; after all, plagiarism isn\u2019t defined or limited by whether the author from whom the student plagiarized is human. Yet, despite the flexibility these policies provide, resorting to their after-the-fact penal nature (for the few who get caught) offers little satisfaction to students, teachers and administrators. Moreover, students who rely on generative AI to support their learning in the context of unclear boundaries and who are acting in good faith should hardly be faulted for their ingenuity and boldness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, the complicated questions, concerns and opportunities that have emerged through the AI storm are not for students to solve. Students have never been the ones expected to, or responsible for, leading the development of pedagogical models. That responsibility falls squarely on the faculty and administrators guiding them through their educational journey. Yet not all faculty have even taken notice of the challenges and opportunities directly before them. Those who have paid attention quickly discovered that the questions and issues evolved and gave rise to even more questions. None of this is reason to look away. And the shared goal to face the AI storm requires the same first step for every educator and administrator, in every discipline and every level of education: Give AI\u2014and its impact on education\u2014the attention it deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADAPTATION<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With challenges come opportunities. For those who have been paying attention, the risks and challenges above paint a bleak picture. Indeed, despair is a common initial reaction. The sudden popularity of ChatGPT (or more broadly, generative AI) provided a significant shock to the system, with reactions such as: Students will never read any assigned material again; students will never submit anything originally drafted by them again; and, in short, students will never learn anything again. It wasn\u2019t just that the skies were falling; seemingly, the entire education world was crumbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quickly, though, those educators (both faculty and administrators) who embraced the challenge at the outset and took on the work of better understanding what had changed and how we must adapt with it began to understand that the education world wasn\u2019t crumbling. It was merely changing\u2014perhaps evolving. The change was sudden, significant and scary, so not many were familiar with, much less prepared for, it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, the change was likely necessary. It is clear by virtually any available projection that AI will impact the world in every industry and workforce sector. Whether we like it or not, whether we see it as good or bad, that is the world our students will walk into after graduation. Although we certainly do not know\u2014nor can foresee\u2014all the different ways AI will impact and change the world, little doubt exists that AI will be an incredibly important part of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, if educators must prepare students to be successful into that future, they can afford to ignore AI no more than they can afford to avoid electricity or the internet. Some future and current AI applications will surely have a negative effect on education, just as on society. It will be up to the participants in each discipline to establish the policies by which AI use will be governed and to guide the students through the application of those policies. That will take significant time and resources. Therefore, waiting until that work is fully completed is bound to be a poor decision with even more negative consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Time to Wait<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we wait for the \u201cperfect\u201d AI playbook, faculty must recognize and embrace the circumstances and challenges that have been brought upon the world of education and more purposefully build their pedagogical goals and strategies in light of the new realities, taking into account AI\u2019s capabilities and our students\u2019 increasing inclination to use them. The opportunity for student learning still exists in every classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, when necessary, faculty can always unplug the metaphorical cable and cut off a student\u2019s access to generative AI technologies. Many professors do so when it comes time for final course assessments. While this measure assures genuine authorship and provides more confident measures for student assessment, exclusive reliance on such \u201chigh stakes\u201d assessment presents significant concerns that have been well-documented,ix<\/sup> particularly for students who do not thrive in such situations. Moreover, cutting off students entirely from AI is neither a prudent nor realistic path, given the world that awaits them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, education will need to rethink its assessments models: How can educators determine whether students are learning?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the impact and adaptation strategies will look different across disciplines, an emerging common theme is greater focus on the process of learning rather than the end work-product generated by students. One adaptation of this might be more formative assessments and less summative assessments. The renewed focus on process will be important for many disciplines because AI\u2019s work-product, essentially, creates a new baseline for quality. Every student is now capable of producing \u201cadequate\u201d work-product for many assignments\u2014even if they do not understand the material\u2014simply by having generative AI create it. This not only creates challenges for assessing student learning, it also shrinks the grading spectrum. If generative AI can instantly produce C+ work-product, the range of grades might not be A to F, it might be A to C. As such, in some assignments, the goal of educators might not be to help students reach the baseline (which can be accomplished by generative AI in seconds), it might be to teach them how to improve the baseline. For example, in teaching students to write, the focus might be on a student\u2019s progress of iterative drafts and exercises or editing an AI-generated draft rather than a final paper.x<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many resources emerging to help educators looking to adapt their instruction with the advantages of AI.xi<\/sup> And even though the context for assessment in the age of AI might be different, the path faculty must follow is generally the same: Identify the course objectives, isolate the skills students are expected to gain and design a curriculum\/assessment that works toward realizing\/measuring those goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, thinking about how to change things is not enough. Just as contemplating a plan of action for an impending storm won\u2019t accomplish much unless the strategy is implemented, faculty and administrators\u2014even those who pay attention and contemplate how to adapt\u2014will need to take concrete actions on their educational approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMPLEMENTATION<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Given how suddenly the AI winds began to blow across academia, many institutions and faculty were caught flat-footed. In fairness, so was the rest of the world. Thus, those who fell behind (or have yet to start) can be forgiven. Rather than regret missed early opportunities, educators\u2019 focus now should be on moving forward. After paying attention and adapting learning methodologies to the new realities, faculty and administrators will need to implement those adaptations into still-evolving circumstances. To find an example of the successful transition from adaptation to implementation, one need not look further than our university system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of the windiest states in the Union, North Dakota is used to dealing with powerful winds.xii<\/sup> So it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise that our higher-ed leaders have been at the forefront of implementing preparations for the AI storm since its early forecast. For example, in early 2023, the North Dakota University System (NDUS) created an AI Forum to explore AI\u2019s intersection with higher education.xiii<\/sup> Comprised of university presidents, state administrators and higher ed faculty, the forum meets regularly to share ideas and advice relating to AI and education. Similarly, NDUS leadership and the State Board of Higher Education convened various study groups to formulate Envision 2035,xiv<\/sup> the state\u2019s strategic plan for the future of higher education with a focus on \u201cmajor expansion of activity related to AI.\u201dxv<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the University of North Dakota (UND), there has been a conscious focus and effort since the start to learn about, grow with and put into action meaningful AI initiatives. In 2023, numerous faculty panels were held to discuss AI\u2019s potential, risks and implementation. UND then published \u201cInitial Guidelines for Using Generative AI Tools\u201d before many schools formalized any stance on how AI should be used.xvi <\/sup>President Andrew Armacost even hosted Greg Brockman, co-founder of OpenAI (also, a former UND student and North Dakota native), for a conversation on AI\u2019s future,xvii<\/sup> followed by a panel discussion on the \u201cPromise and Peril of AI in Higher Education.\u201dxviii<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Dakota State University (NDSU) and the other NDUS campuses have also been active in facing the AI winds and implementing strategies to harness their power, including by hosting AI discussions.xix<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For our elementary and secondary schools, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction published the \u201cNorth Dakota K-12 AI Guidance Framework.\u201dxx<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the state, NDUS faculty have been encouraged to participate in workshops designed to help move their courses and teaching into the AI age. The results have produced not only helpful interdisciplinary discourse but also tangible results. At UND, faculty members created and published more than 40 AI course exercises across many disciplines at the summer 2023 AI faculty workshop.xxi<\/sup> The summer 2024 AI workshop cohort featured an even larger number of faculty members and has published its work in the same repository. These efforts will surely be beneficial to colleagues at other campuses and, most of all, to our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law Schools<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law schools nationwide have started to take notice, and a growing number of law faculty have begun to integrate AI into their coursework and teaching. To date, 258 professors have joined the AI Law Prof group, which is \u201corganized to allow [the group] to collaborate and share [faculty] insights, best practices and resources.\u201dxxii<\/sup> Another law professor group, the Legal Writing and Generative AI Convo Group, which formed in May 2023 and has grown to more than 400 members, meets monthly to discuss all aspects of generative AI and how it impacts the teaching of legal writing and will be used in the legal field.xxiii<\/sup> Some professors have even argued that \u201call law professors have an inescapable AI mandate \u2026 [to] achieve competence in, and understand the challenges of, [generative AI].\u201dxxiv<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At most law faculty conferences I attend, AI dominates the presentation topics, regarding its impact on teaching and also on substantive law. The same holds true for research, scholarship and publication, the growth of which is reaching a wider audience from different perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evidence of adaptation and implementation is also evident in curricular changes. Until several years ago, AI was a meaningful part of the curriculum at few law schools. In the last year, however, more law school faculty have ventured into this brave new world to integrate AI, including generative AI, into their classes, not just for \u201cAI and the Law\u201d standalone courses but also skills and doctrinal courses. Often, the professors who choose to expand and integrate AI into their teaching discover that, while they are ahead of many colleagues, they are behind many students who didn\u2019t wait for an invitation, permission or direction. For those who have yet to become involved, the challenge will only increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent informal study, the American Bar Association Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence reported that \u201cAI is already having a significant impact on legal education and is likely to result in additional changes in the years ahead.\u201dxxv<\/sup> Not surprisingly, the survey found that \u201claw schools are increasingly incorporating AI into their curricula.\u201dxxvi<\/sup> Specifically, more than half of the responding law schools (albeit a small percentage of law schools overall) indicated they offer courses primarily focused on teaching students about AIxxvii<\/sup> and \u201cnearly all (93 percent) of the responding law schools are considering changes to their curriculum in light of the profession\u2019s increasing use of AI.\u201dxxviii<\/sup> A majority (62 percent) of responding schools offer students an opportunity to learn about AI in the first-year curriculum.xxix<\/sup> Given the low number of law schools that participated in the survey, some have questioned the underlying numbers.xxx<\/sup> However, the key takeaways from the study are on firm footing and supported elsewhere: Law schools are aggressively exploring AI\u2019s impact in legal education, and the number of law schools with AI courses is growing quickly.xxxi<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Lyrics from \u201cThe Times They Are a-Changin\u2019\u201d by Bob Dylan.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Overall, while the study found that \u201clegal education is evolving to meet the demands of a profession\u201d into \u201cAI literacy,\u201d it also cautioned that \u201claw schools are at different stages of readiness and enthusiasm for adopting AI-related changes.\u201dxxxii<\/sup> For those schools striving to harness AI winds and transform them into tailwinds for their teaching methodologies, the focus has been on \u201cnew concentrations and courses,\u201d \u201cintegrating AI tools and concepts throughout the curriculum,\u201d \u201cencouraging the use of AI in experiential classes,\u201d and \u201creevaluating their methods of assessment to adapt to AI\u2019s capabilities.\u201dxxxiii<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My impression of the state of AI implementation from talking to colleagues at law schools around the country is that many schools have taken the initiative to create committees to evaluate the impact of AI on their programs, but that it is a challenge to reach a wider audience of professors at each school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UND School of Law, like its main campus, has eagerly embraced AI\u2019s transformative power. In 2023, our law students began working with AI in their first-year studies to gain exposure on how AI is changing the profession. Numerous professors have implemented AI-based assessments and exercises into first-year and upper-level courses to introduce students to the capabilities and risks of AI, as well as its impact on the practice of law and different substantive legal areas.xxxiv<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the law school recently approved a newly designed \u201cAI and the Law\u201d course, which I will begin teaching in the spring semester. The course will focus on teaching students about the many complex issues and unresolved questions at the intersection of AI and the law, including tort liability, free speech, privacy, intellectual property, ethics and bias. During the course, students will gain the skills necessary to identify key legal issues and concerns regarding AI use in various factual situations and legal substantive areas. Through this \u201csurvey\u201d AI law course, students will be able to build on their foundational knowledge of AI in the specific substantive areas that interest them (or their clients) most. In short, UND\u2019s law graduates will have the opportunity to enter the profession with \u201cAI literacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the classroom, UND Law\u2019s commitment of resources and support to foster a community of AI expertise in a diversity of legal areas has led to substantial successes. In the past two years, five of UND\u2019s 18 full-time law professors have published numerous articlesxxxv<\/sup> and made dozens of presentations locally, nationally and internationallyxxxvi<\/sup> on the impacts of AI on the law. This broad AI expertise further benefits students directly. With 28 percent of our faculty having AI expertise, UND Law is ahead of many peer institutions still trying to build an AI footprint. The law school is now positioned to implement AI throughout the entirety of its curriculum. Aware of the future challenges the AI winds will bring and the major changes accompanying the NextGen bar exam, UND Law is in the process of intensely reviewing its curriculum to ensure it can best equip students to meet the emerging challenges for the practice of law in the AI age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAILING WITH THE WIND<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of whether university faculty embrace or resist the powerful AI winds sweeping across higher education, it\u2019s clear that a growing number of students have already joined the AI experiment. If educators want to continue utilizing pedagogical strategies with intentionality, impact and results, they must face (and embrace) the AI winds that continue to intensify by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) paying attention to the changes trailing AI, (2) consciously reflecting on adapting to the AI revolution, and (3) implementing pedagogical approaches that take into account AI\u2019s transformative power. Without adhering to these critical steps, the growing divide between student expectations and faculty expertise (or lack thereof) will only further strain the opportunity for meaningful student learning in every discipline. Many institutions, including UND and others statewide, as well as a growing number of law schools, have responded with determination not just to weather the AI storm but to turn the AI winds into a tailwind for pedagogical objectives. Yet, with so much uncertainty in how exactly AI will transform higher education (and society), plenty of work remains to be done. \u25c9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am grateful to Doni Bloomfield, Aman Gebru, Michael Goodyear, Timothy Hsieh, Ari Lipsitz, Jacob Noti-Victor, Amy Semet, Xiyin Tang, and Carolyn Williams, for insightful and helpful feedback on this article. The views shared in the article are my own and are not made on<\/em> behalf of my institution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REFERENCES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  i<\/sup> Cole Stryker and Mark Scapicchio, \u201cWhat is generative AI\u201d (Mar. 22, 2024),\n https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/topics\/generative-ai<\/a>.\n ii<\/sup> Krystal Hu, \u201cChatGPT Sets Record for Fastest-Growing User Base\u2014Analyst\n Note,\u201d Reuters (Feb. 2, 2023, 9:33 AM), https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/chatgpt-sets-record-fastest-growing-user-base-analyst-note-2023-02-01\/<\/a>.\n iii<\/sup> See Amanda Hoover, \u201cStudents Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI\u201d (Apr. 9, 2024, 9:00 AM), https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/student-papersgenerative-ai-turnitin\/<\/a>.\n iv <\/sup>See Lauren Coffey, \u201cLost in Translation? AI Adds Hope and Concern to Language Learning\u201d (June 6, 2024), https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/techinnovation\/artificial-intelligence\/2024\/06\/06\/ai-adds-hope-and-concern-foreignlanguage<\/a>.\n v<\/sup> See Dr. Kip Glazer and Dr. Sonal Patel, \u201cThe Evolving Landscape of Computer Science Education in the Age of AI \u2014 Recommendations for Computer Science Educators\u201d (Feb. 4, 2024), https:\/\/csteachers.org\/<\/a>\n the-evolving-landscape-of-computer-science-education-in-the-age-of-airecommendations-for-computer-science-educators\/<\/a>.\n vi<\/sup> See Conrad Wolfram, The Math(s) Fix: An Education Blueprint for the AI Age<\/em> (2020).\n vii<\/sup> Debra Cassens Weiss, \u201cLatest version of ChatGPT aces bar exam with score nearing 90th percentile,\u201d ABA Journal, available at<\/em> https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/latest-version-of-chatgpt-aces-the-bar-exam-with-score-in-90th-percentile<\/a>; Jonathan H. Choi, and Amy Monahan and Daniel Schwarcz, \u201cLawyering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,\u201d 109 Minnesota Law Review __(2024), available at<\/em> https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=4626276<\/a>.\n viii<\/sup> Not all professions allow for unlimited use of generative AI. In the law, many jurisdictions have adopted restrictions or banned reliance on AI-generated work-product. See, e.g., Victoria Fang, \u201cCatalog of Court-Mandated AI Disclosures,\u201d available at<\/em> https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/16evnwkR-gbt6zUf9QklyJL mcfuOnqk5tc7T7krnlYBw<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024).\n ix<\/sup> Olympia Duhart, \u201c\u2018It\u2019s Not for A Grade:\u2019 The Rewards and Risks of Low-Risk Assessment in the High-Stakes Law School Classroom,\u201d 7 Elon L. Rev. 491, 504 (2015); L. Danielle Tully, \u201cWhat Law Schools Should Leave Behind,\u201d 2022 Utah L. Rev. 837, 857 (2022).\n x<\/sup> Carolyn V. Williams, \u201cBracing for Impact: Revising Legal Writing Assessments Ahead of the Collision of Generative AI and the NextGen Bar Exam,\u201d 28 Legal Writing 1, Part IV (2024) (describing various ways law\n professors can assess students\u2019 legal research and legal communication skills in the wake of generative AI) available at<\/em> https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=4509603<\/a>.\n xi<\/sup> See, e.g., Jos\u00e9 Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning<\/em> (2024); Joan Monahan Watson, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson, Learning with AI: The K-12 Teacher\u2019s Guide to a New Era of Human Learning<\/em> (2024); see also<\/em> https:\/\/personifyai.app<\/a>\/ (a tool to \u201cCreate an AI Teaching Assistant Tailored to Your Course\u201d).\n xii<\/sup> Jason Samenow, \u201cBlowing hard: The windiest time of year and other fun facts about wind,\u201d The Washington Post (March 31, 2016), available at<\/em> https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/capital-weather-gang\/wp\/2014\/03\/26\/whatare-the-windiest-states-and-cities-what-is-d-c-s-windiest-month<\/a>\/ (ranking North\n Dakota as the fourth \u201cwindiest\u201d state).\n xiii<\/sup> Jay Dahl, \u201cNDUS holds forum on emerging AI technologies,\u201d Inforum, available at<\/em> https:\/\/www.inforum.com\/news\/north-dakota\/ndus-holds-forumon-emerging-ai-technologies<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024).\n xiv<\/sup> Envision 2035, North Dakota University System, https:\/\/ndus.edu\/envision-2035\/<\/a>.\n xv<\/sup> Joshua Wynne, \u201cFrom the Dean: Envisioning 2035 in higher education,\u201d For Your Health, available at<\/em> https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/for-your-health\/2024\/05\/30\/from-the-dean-envisioning-2035-in-higher-education\/<\/a>; \n see also https:\/\/ndus.edu\/envision-2035\/<\/a>.\n xvi<\/sup> Eric Link, Joshua Wynne, John Mihelich, Madhavi Marasinghe, \u201cInitial Guidelines for Using Generative AI Tools at the University of North Dakota,\u201d UND University Letter, available at<\/em> https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/2023\/08\/initial-guidelines-for-using-generative-ai-tools-at-the-university-of-north-dakota\/<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024).\n xvii <\/sup>Tom Dennis, \u201cVIDEO: A conversation with Greg Brockman, co-creator of ChatGPT,\u201d UND Today, available at<\/em> https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2023\/09\/video-a-conversation-with-greg-brockman-co-creator-of-chatgpt\/<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024).\n xviii<\/sup> Promise & Peril of AI in Higher Education, University of North Dakota, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/nse_gRx60uE<\/a>.\n xix<\/sup> See, e.g.<\/em>, \u201cAI Anywhere and Everywhere,\u201d an all-day AI event hosted by the Challey Institute at NDSU, https:\/\/www.ndsu.edu\/news\/ai-event-scheduled<\/a>.\n xx<\/sup> Mary Steurer, \u201cNorth Dakota department publishes AI guidance for public schools,\u201d North Dakota Monitor (July 9, 2024), available at<\/em> https:\/\/northdakotamonitor.com\/briefs\/north-dakota-department-publishes-aiguidance-<\/a>\n for-public-schools\/<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024); see also<\/em> \u201cNorth Dakota K-12 AI Guidance Framework,\u201d North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, available at<\/em> https:\/\/www.nd.gov\/dpi\/policyguidelines\/north-dakotak-<\/a>\n 12-ai-guidance-framework<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024).\n xxi <\/sup>\u201cUND AI Assignment Library,\u201d available at<\/em> https:\/\/commons.und.edu\/ai-assignment-library\/<\/a>.\n xxii<\/sup> \u201cAI & Law-Related Course Professor List,\u201d https:\/\/www.ailawprof.com\/<\/a> (last visited July 20, 2024).\n xxiii<\/sup> Anyone interested in joining or learning about the group can contact its founders: Professor Carolyn Williams (carolyn.williams.2@und.edu) or Professor Kirstin Davis (kkdavis@law.stetson.edu).\n xxiv<\/sup> Rachelle Holmes Perkins, AI Now, 97 Temple L. Rev. __, at *3 (forthcoming), available at<\/em> https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=4840481<\/a>.\n xxv<\/sup> \u201cAI and Legal Education Survey Results 2024,\u201d American Bar Association, available at<\/em> https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/content\/dam\/aba\/administrative\/office_president\/task-force-on-law-and-artificial-intelligence\/2024-ai-legal-edsurvey.pdf<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024).\n xxvi<\/sup> Id.<\/em> at 1.\n xxvii<\/sup> Id.<\/em> at 4-5.\n xxviii<\/sup> AI and Legal Education Survey Results 2024, supra<\/em> note, at 12-13.\n xxix<\/sup> Id.<\/em> at 11.\n xxx<\/sup> Bob Ambrogi, \u201cRecent Report of Law Schools\u2019 AI Adoption Have Been Greatly Exaggerated,\u201d available at<\/em> https:\/\/www.lawnext.com\/2024\/07\/recentreports-of-law-schools-ai-adoption-have-been-greatly-exaggerated.html<\/a> (last visited Aug. 24, 2024).\n xxxi<\/sup> Bob Ambrogi, \u201cRemember that ABA Survey of Law Schools with AI Classes? This May Be a More Accurate List,\u201d available at<\/em> https:\/\/www.lawnext.com\/2024\/08\/remember-that-aba-survey-of-law-schools-with-ai-classes-thismay-be-a-more-accurate-list.html<\/a> (last visited Aug. 24, 2024).\n xxxii Id.<\/em> at 1-2, 14.\n xxxiii Id.<\/em> at 12.\n xxxiv See, e.g<\/em>., Nikola L. Datzov, \u201cUsing ChatGPT to Enhance Law School Assessments (2023),\u201d UND AI Assignment Library, available at<\/em> https:\/\/commons.und.edu\/ai-assignment-library\/39\/<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024);\n Carolyn Williams, \u201cChecking ChatGPT for Accuracy (2023),\u201d UND AI Assignment Library, available at<\/em> https:\/\/commons.und.edu\/ai-assignmentlibrary\/36\/<\/a> (last visited July 19, 2024).\n xxxv See, e.g.<\/em>, Nikola L. Datzov, \u201cArtificial Intelligence is Transforming Our World\u2014Are We Ready?,\u201d Dakota Digital Review (September 2022), available at<\/em> https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=4378970<\/a>; Nikola L. Datzov, \u201cThe Role of Patent (In)eligibility in Promoting Artificial Intelligence Innovation,\u201d 92 UMKC L. REV. 1 (2023) available at<\/em> https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=4380405<\/a>; Nikola L. Datzov, \u201cToward Automated Justice\u201d (work-in-progress); Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich and Jennifer Cook, \u201cAI-Ready Attorneys: Ethical Obligations and Privacy Considerations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,\u201d 72 U. Kan. L. Rev. 313 (2024), available at<\/em> https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=4876134<\/a>; Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich and Erika Pont, \u201cWho You Gonna Call: The Role of Expert Witnesses\n in Authenticating AI-Generated Evidence,\u201d (work-in-progress), available at<\/em> https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=487621<\/a>; Carolyn V. Williams, \u201cBracing for Impact: Revising Legal Writing Assessments Ahead of the Collision of Generative AI and the NextGen Bar Exam,\u201d 28 Legal Writing 1 (2024) available at<\/em> https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=4509603<\/a>.\n xxxvi<\/sup> See, e.g<\/em>., Nikola L. Datzov, \u201cPatents, Ethics and AI,\u201d Panel Chair at the 42nd ATRIP Congress, Rome, Italy, July 2024; Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich and Jennifer Cook, \u201cGlobal Lawyers: A Comparative Approach to the Ethical\n Use of AI in the EU and the U.S.,\u201d Presenter at the 16th Global Legal Skills Conference, Bari, Italy; Blake A. Klinkner, \u201cGenerative AI: The Future is Here. Ethically Navigating This Brave New World,\u201d Presenter at the 2024 South Dakota State Bar Convention, Pierre, South Dakota, June 2024; Carolyn V. Williams, \u201cGenerative Artificial Intelligence: The Possibilities for Imagining a New Paradigm for Legal Writing,\u201d Panelist at the Legal Writing Institute 2024 Biennial Conference, Indianapolis, IN, July 2024; see also<\/em> Joseph Vacek (Courtesy Appointment, School of Law), \u201cHow AI works,\u201d Presenter at the Aviation Lawyers Association 2023 Conference, Washington, D.C. <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Higher education is often in a state of flux. Each year, teachers pour over their classroom materials reflecting on what transpired last year, spending countless hours considering the value and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":2100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,25,870,286,1],"tags":[48,925,913,924,917,923,51,911,682,922,908,909,683,912,919,915,920,928,759,929,926,918,921,914,916,910,927,465],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2098,"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions\/2098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dda.ndus.edu\/ddreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}