Survey: Faculty Say AI Is Impactful--but Not In a Good Way

[Wiz Imp]

1. Nine in 10 faculty members say that generative AI will diminish students' critical thinking skills,

and 95 percent say its impact will increase students’ overreliance on AI tools over time. Eighty-three percent of faculty said the technology will decrease students’ attention spans.

That seems to clearly contradict their first sentence: Faculty overwhelmingly agree that generative artificial intelligence will have an impact on teaching and learning in higher education, but whether that impact is positive or negative is still up for debate.

Survey results seem to indicate there is overwhelming agreement that AI will have significant negative impacts. There doesn't seem to be much debate about that.