University of Oregon students weigh in on A.I. in academics (Gold Meadows/SBG)
EUGENE, Ore. —It’s move in day at the University of Oregon, and students on campus Thursday said they’re cautiously watching artificial intelligence unfold within their academics.
“I think it should definitely be more regulated. There are areas that it could be used, and I think it could be useful. But I think we definitely need to pay more attention on how it currently is used,” 4th year architecture student Tiana Atkins said.
Those we spoke with felt a range of fear and frustration with the growing technology.
Upperclassmen shared that they’ve been asked to implement AI into their work since high school.
Some students believe it removes uniquely human aspects of applying what they’re learning.
Others say it helps them improve in subjects like math and science.
While making some things easier, questions linger about what’s to come.
“It’s scary because we don’t know what it is, we don’t know what it looks like, and we students, my age, my friends, we’re all concerned about our future careers and the implications that it could have on us,” junior journalism student Piper Such said.
“Pretty big impact definitely in architecture, because we’re very design-focused area, so we have a big emphasis on creativity. And it has a huge impact when people try and outsource creativity, because it causes detrimental impacts to what the final design is, and it makes it less oriented towards humans,” Atkins said.
“It can be used as both a tool and it can be used negatively. But I feel, I didn’t use it until later in high school just to teach myself how to do things,” freshman Ayla Ballew said.
Currently, all professors at UO must share their policy on AI use in their syllabus.
They’re also responsible for ensuring exams are protected from AI misuse.
UO also has an AI Council that advises the university on the integration of artificial intelligence on campus.
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