NUS professor's new book asks what universities are for in the AI era
ProfChesterman · x · 2026-09-09
NUS professor Simon Chesterman discussed the future of universities based on his forthcoming book with Hui-chieh Loy, The University Disrupted: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Higher Education.
He argues the current AI-and-universities debate fixates on cheating, assessment, and AI literacy, while the bigger questions loom: as AI reshapes learning, work, and knowledge production, what will students and employers still value in a university education, and what should remain distinctively human?
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