Emergent Issues and Future Considerations

This chapter provides reflections on three key areas that will shape the future of generative AI in higher education. Firstly, it highlights the need for higher education practitioners to embrace the technology in order to harness its benefits in their own practice and positively influence its responsible use by learners. Secondly, the chapter also reflects on the need for general users to take responsibility for ethical use of GenAI through appropriate attribution of sources, and the distinction between acceptable GenAI use for copy-editing and unacceptable use for copywriting without disclosure and transparency. Thirdly, the chapter also highlights key areas in which organisations need to set the right policies and guidance to enable productive and appropriate use of GenAI while preventing its abuse.