Ep. 42 What Comes Next for AI in the CSU? with Ed Clark

Ep. 42 What Comes Next for AI in the CSU? with Ed Clark
Nik Janos and Zach Justus

What does AI strategy look like when you’re responsible for technology across the largest four-year public university system in the country? Ed Clark, Chief Information Officer for the California State University, joins us to discuss the CSU’s approach to generative AI. We dig into the decision to extend the system’s OpenAI agreement, the argument for AI access as an equity issue, concerns about cost and the technology itself, and what might come next, including other AI tools and open-source models. We also talk about the changing job market for graduates and the role of faculty in shaping the CSU’s AI future.

Ed Clark, CSU, Chief Information Officer

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Nik Janos

Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico.

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