
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 6: Fred Ledley
Fred Ledley, professor of Natural & Applied Sciences at Bentley University, discusses how today's AI grew out of the big data methods of computational biology from the past few decades, how AI is changing the way science is taught and researched, how it's paving the way for personalized medicine, what scientific research papers might look like in the future, and what chatbots do better than web search and what web search still offers that chatbots need to improve on.