Commencement speeches are typically given by celebrities, government officials, tenured professors or other notable individuals, but D’Youville University in Buffalo, New York did not hand the microphone to a human being during its spring ceremony over the weekend. The private university opted to have an artificially intelligent robot named Sophia speak on Saturday to the …
Whatever my school’s rule is on artificial intelligence, I will abide by it. But the concern over Grammarly makes me think of the debate over calculator use in schools from the 1970s. William Tang | Opinion contributor Arizona State University now offering AI degree Artificial intelligence is continuing to gain popularity as the technology evolves, …
With all of the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence, more schools are now creating AI-specific degrees. The rise of AI-specific associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and PhD programs comes as companies are short on this talent and half of the highest-paid skills in technology are AI-specific, according to Indeed.com. But data shows it isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, …
Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bill Ackman has been roiling university elites for the past few months. This weekend, he took it up a notch—and tossed artificial intelligence into the mix. In a lengthy post on X on Sunday, the billionaire investor expounded on the power …