I’ve seen a common theme among faculty posting about AI: “We’re out on our own here! Why won’t the administration set a clear policy?”
In the abstract, it seems like a compelling question. But getting from “we need a policy” to “we need this policy” is much harder than it sounds.
Part of that is because AI is a rapidly moving target. In just a few years, it has gone from a lab model to a seemingly mandatory future, even as it functions on the ground as a paper-o-matic. It’s moving much more quickly than the policy-development process can, making it likely that any policy would be obsolete by the time it’s enacted. Yet it’s everywhere; just last weekend, my younger niece, who is halfway through high school, informed me confidently that “everyone uses it.”
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