The front line in the debate over whether and when university students should be taught how to properly use generative artificial intelligence runs right through Benjamin Breyer’s classroom at Barnard College in Manhattan.
The first-year writing program he teaches at Barnard generally bans the use of generative AI, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and the like, which eagerly draft paragraphs, do research and compose essays for their users.
The program’s policy statement warns students that AI “is often factually wrong, and it is also deeply…
