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Surely there is an answer to the problem of AI cheating which averts the existential threat. . It’s not great,…
I’d like to pose a question. Let’s be pessimistic for the moment, and assume AI *does* destroy the university, at…
Hear hear
I agree with all of this. The threat is really that stark. The only solution is indeed in-class essay exams,…
I’m not sure I’d yet go so far as to call LLMs an existential threat to universities. But I do…
My big problem with LLMs at the present time, apart from being potentially the epitome of Foucault’s panopticon & Big…
The American Law Institute announced the election of 27 new members. Nine of these individuals are law professors. They are:
Jaclyn Cherry (South Carolina)
Maxine Eichner (North Carolina)
Mary Fan (U. of Washington)
Shubha Ghosh (Wisconsin)
Lisa Kern Griffin (Duke)
Simona Grossi (Loyola-LA)
Francine Lipman (Chapman)
Francis "Jay" Mootz (UNLV)
Ben Sheppard (Houston)
Update: Although I won't change the post title, I missed a tenth law professor: Tseming Yang from Vermont Law School.
I teach both large courses, like Jurisprudence and Critical Legal Thinking (a.k.a Legal Argumentation), and small seminar-based courses at Edinburgh…