September 2, 2025
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Universities could bolster democracy by fostering students' AI literacy

September 2, 2025

The fears are familiar: Artificial intelligence is going to eat our jobs, make our students weak and lazy and possibly destroy democracy for good measure.

As AI has become more accessible to the public, it's become closely (and probably not unreasonably) associated with academic misconduct, especially plagiarism and other forms of cheating.

For some time now, research has been suggesting that the future of AI and post-secondary education would be deeply intertwined.

What if, though, teaching students to use AI properly ethically, responsibly and critically could help make them better, more engaged citizens?  

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