AI in Academia: Navigating the Future
Welcome to " AI in Academia: Navigating the Future," a podcast where the realms of higher education and artificial intelligence converge. Hosted by two colleagues at Bentley University, a faculty member studying AI and the Director of Academic Technologies, this series explores the multifaceted impacts, risks, and growing opportunities of AI in the world of academia.
Each episode, we invite a guest to discuss topics around AI that shape teaching, learning, research, and academic administration. From ethical considerations to technological breakthroughs, our discussions will span the gamut of AI's influence in academia
Produced by:
Gaurav Shah
Noah Giansiracusa
Steve Salina
AI in Academia: Navigating the Future
Episode 2: Axel Seemann
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
The head of Bentley's philosophy department, Axel Seeman, chats about the new computer science/philosophy joint major in AI at Bentley, why interdisciplinarity is "bloody hard," what role philosophy plays in AI and in preparing students for a world full of AI, what Descartes would have said about the latest chatbots, and what impact AI is going to have on our social lives and our feelings of loneliness.
