Foundation Models-Based Artificial Intelligence in Universities: Alternative Approaches and Application Areas

Higher Education stakeholders, particularly academic institutions and faculty members, face a difficult and consequential choice regarding their approach to Foundation Models-based Artificial Intelligence. Initial reactions to the challenges it poses to long-standing academic traditions (“the death of the essay”) are often of a “contain/reject/forbid” nature. There are, however, sound arguments advocating for a more nuanced approach, combining preventive measures where appropriate with gradual and cautious embrace of its undeniable potential in nearly all facets of Higher Education.