ChatGPT and the future of industry and higher education

The release of ChatGPT has generated significant academic and professional interest and instigated a vibrant discussion on the opportunities offered and challenges posed by powerful and readily accessible generative AI reshaping teaching and learning at universities. ChatGPT has reignited an age-old debate on the impact of disruptive technologies on occupations and the labor market, but recent discussions have paid little attention to how university offerings may need to adapt. We strive to open this discussion, arguing that while recent GPT technology has, indeed, made more conceivable the substitution of many tasks of white-collar and knowledge workers, calling for more technology-centric training, it has simultaneously made a stronger-than-ever case for more transdisciplinary competencies.

A short talk will be followed by Q&A and discussion.

Speakers: Vera Dianova (Professor of Economics) and Mario Schultz (Professor of International Management) from Franklin University Switzerland.

Who should attend? Faculty, staff and students interested in impact of AI on professional skills and higher ed