JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (Heartland News) – As college campuses in Missouri welcome back students, artificial intelligence is something many will grapple with this semester.<\/p>\n
Colleges and universities in Columbia are adapting to developments in artificial intelligence as students return to campus. Conversations with students showed a range of AI use, depending on personal preference and comfort with the technology.<\/p>\n
Mizzou is rolling out expanded AI guidelines and has made Show Me AI, a campus-wide large language model, available to faculty and students. It remains up to the individual how much they use AI.<\/p>\n
University of Missouri graduate students Rose Turner and Katie Kuziara said their school and professors have clear expectations on AI use.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re very clear about how they feel about it, but also like they are still quite flexible,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n
Kuziara said she has stopped using AI in her coursework after encountering inaccurate information.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I found it wasn\u2019t very helpful because it would come up with inaccurate information,\u201d Kuziara said. \u201cI remember a date in one of my essays was wrong, and then after that, I was like, \u2018I can\u2019t use it anymore,\u2019 so I\u2019m quite against using it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every higher education institution is adapting to the new technology landscape, according to Jennifer Jewel, PhD, assistant provost of academic and learning innovation at Columbia College. Jewel helped write the school\u2019s AI policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cTechnology is developing so fast that we can\u2019t even keep up,\u201d Jewel said.<\/p>\n
Jewel said the focus of higher education is shifting toward training students on developing technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree years ago, we were like, \u2018How do we stop this? How do we prevent students from using it?\u2019\u201d Jewel said. \u201cNow we\u2019re saying how we\u2019re gonna get it integrated into the general education system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Turner said AI is difficult to avoid in academic work, even for students who are not using it intentionally.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s hard to avoid you in your studies,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n
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