School of Business and Law's latest conference: So what if ChatGPT wrote it? Navigating ChatGPT's implications on HE
Buckinghamshire New University’s (BNU's) School of Business and Law held their latest conference looking at the topical issue of AI’s impact on higher education, titled, ‘So what if ChatGPT wrote it? Navigating ChatGPT's implications on HE’.
On the expert panel, we welcomed Dr. Araz Zirar, Senior Lecturer in Management and Dr. Tribi Budhathoki, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, both from the University of Huddersfield; and Dr. Andrea Preziosi, Lecturer in Law at Aston University.
Sitting on the discussion panel was our Head of Business and Law School, Sarah Williams; Senior Lecturer in Business and Law, Suzanne Doria, School Director of Education, Janet Cash; and Lecturer in Digital Business, Dr Yaser Shyyab.
The conference saw both students and academics in attendance and opened the floor to lively discussion surrounding the topic of the place of generated AI in higher education.
From Huddersfield Business School, Drs Zirar and Budhathoki presented their research on the subject of ‘ChatGPT: Adoption and Anxiety’, which looked at their recently published study and examined how generative AI is adopted and received by students.
Dr Preziosi examined the effect of ChatGPT on human rights, law education, and the legal implications that go with it, asking whether human rights are in danger by using ChatGPT.
As well as acknowledging the positive aspects of generated AI in higher education, including the potential to support teaching and learning, and make learning more inclusive and accessible, Dr Preziosi also questioned AI’s academic integrity, whether it produces a biased output and its lack of emotional intelligence.
Dr Zirar also delved into how AI is generated behind-the-scenes, explaining the differences in generations between platforms such as ChatGPT and Microsoft’s CoPilot chatbot, across not only text, but also sound, video and image formats.
He highlighted the importance of creating awareness for students around the limitations of generative AI tools, and questioned through looking at internationally published research and data whether GenAI has the potential to make students more critical and creative.
The seminar was a huge success with colleagues from all over the university in attendance, and we look forward to the next event in the Business and Law School’s series of conferences.