AI is remaking the workforce faster than universities can decide how—or whether—to teach it

Amanda Cullen is just a few years away from entering a workforce in which AI is becoming harder to avoid. But in most of her classes at North Carolina State University, the rule has been not to use it at all.

“Most of my classes have been no AI,” said Cullen, a first-year who expects to graduate in 2030. Many of her professors have explicitly noted on the syllabus that AI is off limits, she said, unless it is properly cited. 

While Cullen’s personal feelings about AI are mixed and she only uses it on occasion, she questioned whether banning it outright is realistic.

“If it’s such a mainstream thing in careers, we should know how to do it in school,” she told Fortune.

Finding the right balance between banning AI outright and allowing students to become overreliant on it is now vexing universities nationwide. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the technology has radically improved in less time than it would take to complete a typical four-year degree.

AI is becoming increasingly unavoidable in the work force. A study by consulting firm McKinsey from late last year found 88% of companies are using AI, while a PWC........

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