It definitely came as a surprise to me. We would have raised a lot of questions about environmental impact, ethics, ownership of our work, use of our work as training data, and on and on, so it's no wonder they didn't consult us.
Absolutely. They’ll be getting lots of feedback through email and phone calls now. The lack of awareness/care about the extractivist nature of AI or what it means to impose this on such a diverse student population/overworked faculty is shocking even for this admin.
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