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Yes, it’s a hyperbole. FWIW I think a pressing worry with these AI-heavy jobs cycles is the same one we…
This might filter out intelligent neurodivergent students who struggle with timed admissions tests.
When jt comes to students’ ability to do advanced logic, the math section of the GRE is more valuable than…
“Every undergraduate” is hyperbole.
Every undergraduate desperately wants to talk about AI and its philosophical implications these days. They want to understand whether AI…
Yes, also true at my university (a large public R1). Our department did not decide whether or not to prioritize…
Martin Peterson (normative ethics, decision theory), will be leaving his endowed professorship in the Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, to take up a University Professorship at Southern Methodist University, with an endowed chair in “Ethics in Artificial Intelligence.” That’s a big loss for Texas A&M (and the second senior loss this year), but not surprising given the dramatic infringement on his academic freedom at Texas A&M earlier this year.
As an international student, I honestly don’t know how good an indicator the GRE is, at least for students whose…