Making a Difference
Higher ed was abuzz last week after UCLA professor Zrinka Stahuljak announced her intention to teach with an A.I. generated textbook in the next iteration of her medieval literature class. While much of the response to this announcement focused on the ethical complexities of using generative A.I., Stahuljak’s comments raised another issue that has received less attention. The textbook, she argued, would mean students would receive “a more standard, a more coherent, and a more even training” in her classes,…