The Cognitive Divide

On June 26th, Hollis Robbins (@Anecdotal) and Anastasia Berg appeared at an Interintellect salon hosted by Anna Gát to debate the place of artificial intelligence in higher education. Robbins, a professor of English and special advisor for humanities diplomacy at the University of Utah, offers a defense of the use of AI in gen-ed instruction, while Berg, an editor at The Point and a philosophy professor at UC Irvine, argues that the costs of allowing AI into higher education clearly outweigh the benefits. Below you will find an edited and condensed transcript of their conversation. To watch the original debate on YouTube—including an extended Q&A with the salon attendees, click here.