“if the AI model announces that it needs an associate vice president, three executive directors, and an annual leadership retreat in order to answer a simple query, shut it down immediately. It has become a university administrator”
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“Universities have developed an extraordinary capacity for administrative reproduction. Presidents are joined by provosts, provosts by vice provosts, vice provosts by associate vice provosts, and all of them by chiefs of staff and special assistants.”
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“Furthermore, it does not need a six- or seven-figure salary. It does not need an executive office or a leadership retreat. It does not schedule a two-hour meeting of 12 highly paid people, only to conclude that another meeting is needed.”
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Most sensible article I have read in months
“Much of what senior administrators do is gather information, summarize it, compare it with what other institutions do, and turn it into plans and reports that nobody reads. AI can already do all of this remarkably well”
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https://www.chronicle.com/article/dont-replace-professors-with-ai-replace-administrators-instead
The Chronicle of Higher EducationOpinion | Don’t Replace Professors With AI. Replace Administrators Instead!We’re looking at the wrong end of the organizational chart.
> Your Pre-AI Ph.D. Is a Precious Commodity https://www.chronicle.com/article/your-pre-ai-ph-d-is-a-precious-commodity
Translation: Your "old time" PhD shows you can do actual research and related tasks along with writing without being a #cogsucker
On a side note, for a brief moment, I think maybe I should've stuck with that one doctoral program. But that is another story.
The Chronicle of Higher EducationOpinion | Your Pre-AI Ph.D. Is a Precious CommodityNotes from the far side of the ChatGPT divide.