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 23: When AI Removes the Struggle, Where Does Learning Go? - with Brian Fox
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In this episode of AI in Academia, we talk with Brian Fox, Associate Professor of Management and Strategy at Bentley University, about AI's real impact on research and teaching.
Brian shares a striking metaphor: a sealed biodome where the trees collapsed because there was no wind to push against. Without struggle, nothing grew strong. It's a fitting image for a moment when AI is engineered to "chew our food" for us.
We get into where AI actually helps research (and where it can't), hallucinated citations, the rise of "AI slop," and why the journey now matters more than the final deliverable.
