Kathryn Palmer, Inside Higher Ed; In Wisconsin, Professors Worry AI Could Replace Them
"Faculty at the cash-strapped Universities of Wisconsin System are pushing back against a proposed copyright policy they believe would cheapen the relationship between students and their professors and potentially allow artificial intelligence bots to replace faculty members...
The policy proposal is not yet final and is open for public comment through Dec. 13. ..
Natalia Taft, an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside who signed the open letter, told Inside Higher Ed that she believes the policy proposal “is part of the trend of the corporatization of academia.”...
Jane Ginsburg, a professor of literary and artistic property law at Columbia University School of Law, said the university has the law on its side.
Under the 1976 Copyright Act, “course material prepared by employees, including professors, as part of their jobs comes within the definition of a ‘work made for hire,’ whose copyright vests initially in the employer (the University), not the employee (the professor).”"
