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Artificial intelligence could revolutionize education by providing students with easy access to an affordable tutor and supporter. However, what happens if these AI tools provide inaccurate information or reduce students' need for the critical thinking that drives genuine learning? And if AI chatbots can teach everything, what’s the value of a college education?
Art Markman—Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and a professor of psychology and marketing at the University of Texas at Austin and co-host of the public radio program and podcast “Two Guys on Your Head” and K.P. Procko—an associate professor of instruction in biochemistry who also manages a grant program in UT Austin’s College of Natural Sciences to help faculty integrate artificial intelligence tools into the classroom, talk with Marc Airhart and Casey Boyle about AI in education.