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Jake Burley is a junior research fellow at UMass, specializing in the ethics of emerging technologies. His work explores how artificial intelligence reshapes human decision-making, responsibility, and knowledge practices, with particular attention to the normative and epistemic challenges posed by increasingly autonomous systems. He writes on the social and philosophical implications of AI and other technologies, aiming to bridge rigorous scholarship with accessible public discourse.

The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself

Over the past eight years Nir Eisikovits and Jacob Burley have been studying the moral implications of pervasive engagement with AI as part of a joint research project between the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. In a recent white paper, we argue that as AI systems become more autonomous, the ethical stakes of AI use in higher ed rise, as do its potential consequences.

Subjects: AI, Education, Ethics, KM