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A review by kayeofswords
Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Joseph E. Aoun
3.0
Some parts of this were good, others less good. I appreciated his overview of ways in which curricula can be adapted to the future, including modern-day literacies. They were good for thinking about how to strategize my own professional development to fill in skill gaps and what changes I may need to make to support students during my interactions with them as a librarian.
It was weird to have someone go on about new skills and freeing people up to do work using various types of literacies important to an AI-integrated world because none of his examples seemed inclusive of non-applied research. Even for students who study the humanities in his proposed new world, their goal is to create apps and work for companies, translating information into consumerist products, not to develop an actual understanding of the past in a deep dive. I think we need a balance of both depth and breadth in the world in order to truly function as a society — not necessarily in the same persons. In addition, as someone who went to a liberal arts college known for being gay-friendly, the idea of "multi-campuses" is a bit terrifying. What if a lesbian is pursuing a curriculum and would need to go to a campus in a country where LGBTQ people are imprisoned or killed to satisfy her degree requirements, especially if a country can ask for social media credentials on entry? There's no more privacy. I don't trust that non-LGBTQ people making such multi-campuses would be sensitive to minority issues in ways that would make the program an equal opportunity for everyone. I could see other minority groups having similar concerns.
It was weird to have someone go on about new skills and freeing people up to do work using various types of literacies important to an AI-integrated world because none of his examples seemed inclusive of non-applied research. Even for students who study the humanities in his proposed new world, their goal is to create apps and work for companies, translating information into consumerist products, not to develop an actual understanding of the past in a deep dive. I think we need a balance of both depth and breadth in the world in order to truly function as a society — not necessarily in the same persons. In addition, as someone who went to a liberal arts college known for being gay-friendly, the idea of "multi-campuses" is a bit terrifying. What if a lesbian is pursuing a curriculum and would need to go to a campus in a country where LGBTQ people are imprisoned or killed to satisfy her degree requirements, especially if a country can ask for social media credentials on entry? There's no more privacy. I don't trust that non-LGBTQ people making such multi-campuses would be sensitive to minority issues in ways that would make the program an equal opportunity for everyone. I could see other minority groups having similar concerns.