The ancient institution of the university, with its many traditions and entrenched bureaucracies, will have to be uncharacteristically nimble to adapt to the coming revolutionisation of knowledge work. The ability of large language models (LLMs) to produce a well-written essay …
Special Report: AI in Universities
Analysis: ChatGPT is set to disrupt the post-pandemic dominance of written assessments
Post-pandemic assessment and education as a whole are at odds with user accessibility to artificial intelligence
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that traditional modes of assessment were no longer compatible with distance learning. Academic officials were not prepared nor understood how to effectively deliver education solely online to all students. An inability to administer …
Linda Doyle exclusive: Critical that College starts preparing for “profound effect” of AI
Provost forecasts vast changes for the university sector “in ways that we don’t fully know yet”
Provost Linda Doyle has said that it is crucial that College “starts exploring” what the advancement and proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools could mean for the university sector.
In an exclusive interview with Trinity News, Doyle expressed the belief …
Foreword: The AI boom
For our special report, adjunct assistant professor Abeba Birhane writes that generative AI is poised to disrupt every corner of life
We are currently witnessing an AI boom. Generative AI particularly has captivated the general public, the scientific community, journalists, and legislators. The launch of Dall-E in April 2022, which purportedly attracted over a million users within the first three months …