MIT center director: universities should prepare for AI smarter than all of us
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-14
MIT News published a "3 Questions" interview with Sasha Rakhlin, director of the Statistics and Data Science Center, on the path forward for AI in academia.
Key points:
- "Universities should prepare for a near future in which AI is smarter than all of us in many, perhaps most, aspects of our intellectual work"
- AI is accelerating research but demands new academic credit norms and shared infrastructure
- Europe's AI labs could thrive via open collaboration, ethical governance, and long-horizon funding
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