Episode 9.5: Incorporating artificial intelligence into universities

Question: Do you use ChatGPT or another AI program? Meet Barrie Robison (go.uidaho.edu/3E34kvn), a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences (go.uidaho.edu/4kwcihb) and director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences (go.uidaho.edu/43TLX6C) at University of Idaho. Artificial intelligence seems to be infiltrating all aspects of our lives. Robison will discuss the ways U of I is supporting its researchers, including a story of translating old educational texts, and how he hopes his team can improve how the university is run. Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory​. Email us at [email protected]. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu. Time stamps (0:00) Introduction (1:02) Have you used AI? (2:07) Meet Barrie Robison (4:34) What is AI? (7:49) What assumptions do people make about AI? (9:17) Translating a German cello book (13:42) AI for research administration (19:07) Finding a professor (23:36) Making the arts searchable (26:53) U of I on the AI frontier Music “Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5). “Andromeda Spiral” by Matthew Robert Mateau and Jeremy Robert Chatelain (go.uidaho.edu/42eqUdI) via Amphibious Zoo music.