Members of the campus community gathered in McKinnon Hall Thursday for a special workshop event to mark the launch of the Imagining the Digital Future Center.

During the past 15 months, the capabilities and capacity of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and others have expanded exponentially. So what will happen during the next 15 years with AI?

That was the question posed to dozens of Elon students, faculty and staff on Thursday afternoon for a special launch event for the university’s Imagining the Digital Future Center. The center will expand upon the work during the past 20 years of The Imagining the Internet Center with scholar-in-residence Lee Rainie, with the Pew Research Center, now at Elon as the new center’s director.

Source: Elon University Webpage

With artificial intelligence broadening its impact on all aspects of life, Elon University leaders have coordinated development of a statement of principles to guide higher education institutions as they prepare humanity for the revolution brought about by this rapidly evolving and groundbreaking technology.

President Connie Ledoux Book led a discussion about AI and higher education at the Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto, Japan on Oct. 9, 2023
The statement was co-authored by Elon President Connie Ledoux Book, Elon scholar-in-residence Lee Rainie and Professor Divina Frau-Meigs of Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris and has generated feedback and support from higher education organizations, leaders and scholars from around the world.

Source: Elon University Webpage