{"id":411922,"date":"2022-03-04T00:55:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T21:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-ai-college-president-is-another-reason-to-drop-out\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T00:55:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T21:55:37","slug":"this-ai-college-president-is-another-reason-to-drop-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-ai-college-president-is-another-reason-to-drop-out\/","title":{"rendered":"#This AI college president is another reason to drop out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a362b634ce83\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a362b634ce83\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-ai-college-president-is-another-reason-to-drop-out\/#%E2%80%9CThis_AI_college_president_is_another_reason_to_drop_out%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;This AI college president is another reason to drop out&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-ai-college-president-is-another-reason-to-drop-out\/#Learning_on_the_job\" >Learning on the job<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-ai-college-president-is-another-reason-to-drop-out\/#Programming_education\" >Programming education<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThis_AI_college_president_is_another_reason_to_drop_out%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;This AI college president is another reason to drop out&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            It\u2019s tough being a college student in the US these days. The stresses of studying, pandemic rules, exorbitant fees, and douchebags with guitars can make for trying times. But don\u2019t worry, fellow kidz: AI has arrived to alleviate your worries.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the new digital university president:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1381845 js-lazy\" alt=\"Digital President Whitfield\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1332\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26.png 1598w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-252x210.png 252w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-162x135.png 162w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-324x270.png 324w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-1536x1280.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-796x663.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-1592x1327.png 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F03%2F03%2Fai-college-president-is-another-reason-to-drop-out-unlv-keith-whitfield%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Image: UNLV\" data-title=\"Share Image: UNLV on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Image: UNLV on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Image: UNLV<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1381845\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26.png\" alt=\"Digital President Whitfield\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26.png 1598w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-252x210.png 252w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-162x135.png 162w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-324x270.png 324w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-1536x1280.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-796x663.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-03-at-19.13.26-1592x1327.png 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>The system is a digital twin of Keith Whitfield, the human president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had this kind of grandiose desire to talk to every single student, and I think I said that and the whole room just got quiet and said, \u2018he\u2019s lost his mind\u2019,\u201d Whitfield <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktnv.com\/news\/unlv-president-goes-virtual-with-a-i-tool\">told 13 Action News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The president presumably brushed aside their concerns \u2014 and sought an AI doppelganger.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Learning_on_the_job\"><\/span>Learning on the job<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After recruiting the services of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aimedialab.com\/\">AI Media Lab<\/a> for a bargain<span> $125,000<\/span>, Whitfield headed to the studio.<\/p>\n<p>He spent around eight hours reading information about UNLV, reciting questions for students, and talking about himself.<\/p>\n<p>AI <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Lab used the recordings and 3D images of Whitfield to create his avatar. The virtual mentor was then unleashed on the lucky UNLV students.<\/p>\n<p>To seek his guidance, all they need to do is turn on their microphone and agree to two privacy policies, along with just terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t foresee any risks, so I immediately loaded him up.<\/p>\n<p>Seconds later, the digital prez <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on my laptop screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal is to help you through your experience at UNLV by answering questions, directing you to resources, and helping you with whatever you might be going through,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Programming_education\"><\/span>Programming education<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"css-1jxivh7\">\n<div class=\"css-1jxivh7\">\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual Whitfield tried to accommodate my every need. He revealed his favorite spot on campus, gave me tips on studying dystopian tech, and was amiable to requests for drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was, however, unnerved by his advice on finding love.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-qxtf0z\">\n<div class=\"css-qa1qys\">\n<div class=\"css-1jxivh7\">\n<div class=\"css-1jxivh7\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1k7ey4s css-9l3uo3\">\u201cI am not currently married,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Perhaps I shouldn\u2019t be too critical. The UX is pretty smooth and the AI did recommend resources for mental health, financial aid, and career advice \u2014 although a simple search function could have provided that more swiftly.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose it\u2019s more personable than a chatbot, but if I wanted the advice of a digital twin, I wouldn\u2019t pick my college president. I\u2019d much rather bare my soul to a hot AI therapist.<\/p>\n<p>If those weren\u2019t options, that $125,000 may have been better spent on real support services \u2014 rather than an avatar that merely talks about them.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>HT: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hypervisible\">Chris Gilliard<\/a><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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