The University of Texas adopted an "AI Forward and AI Responsible" credo, coined by Julie Schell. The university launched a homegrown AI tutoring platform (UT Sage) and a second platform (UT Spark) to enable faculty, staff, and students to build AI tools. The university provided a Copilot license for all campus users and created a Good Systems working group to examine ethical implications of AI models. The stance emphasizes that cautious, delayed adoption is acceptable as technology matures. Recommended first steps include asking AI simple tasks, using AI to refine communication tone, and reading terms of service before use.
At the University of Texas, where I'm senior vice provost of academic affairs, our credo (coined by the head of our Office of Academic Technology, Julie Schell) is to be AI Forward and AI Responsible. In service of this, over the past few years, we launched a homegrown AI tutoring platform ( UT Sage), launched a second platform to enable faculty, staff, and students to engage with building AI tools ( UT Spark), provided a license for Copilot for everyone at UT, and engaged a working group called Good Systems focused on the ethical implications of AI models.
Although all of the conversation about AI makes it seem like it's taken over the world, it hasn't. Although it appears to be growing in popularity, there's no shame in having waited to see how the tech matures and the hype shakes out. But if you're ready to dip your toe into the AI waters, here's my advice. In this piece you'll learn: The first thing you should ask AI to do for you How to get AI to perfect your tone when communicating with clients Why you actually need to read the terms of service before you start
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