Imagining the Digital Future

College faculty see many negative impacts on students with some positive impacts.

Our new survey with @aacu of college faculty finds great concern about student overreliance on AI and diminishment of critical thinking skills. Details at: imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/collaborations… #AI #HigherEducation

More than half of college faculty use AI at least several times a week. About 26% don't use AI at all.

Faculty are greatly concerned about AI's impact on student attention spans.

College students and educators worldwide are beginning fall semester using Elon’s Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence. Total downloads: 21,500+ at 4,000 colleges & universities. elon.edu/u/news/2025/08…

AI is NOT human. Help your students use this technology to complement their skills, not replace them, by accessing AAC&U and @ElonUniversity’s latest guide: ow.ly/h7Wb50VMeb1

Do your students know when they are cheating with AI? Share this resource to help them navigate AI ethically, effectively, and responsibly. ow.ly/Jr4a50VMeft

Released today, the 2025 Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence. A must-read for all college students: studentguidetoai.org/get-the-2025-s… Published by @elonuniversity & @aacu with endorsements by @ALALibrary @educause @NASPAtweets @OLCToday @amicalnet

Thanks to @fede_guerrini for his great story in @ForbesTech about our latest report on the ways humans are changing as they adopt AI. Read: forbes.com/sites/federico…

Coverage of @ITDFuture's new "Being Human in 2035: How Are We Changing in the Age of AI" report by Forbes. forbes.com/sites/federico…

Coverage of our "Being Human in 2035" report by @CNN tech reporter Clare Duffy: cnn.com/2025/04/02/tec…

Our new report releases today: Being Human in 2035. Global tech experts discuss how the adoption of AI is changing the ways humans think, feel, act and relate to one another. imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/reports-and-pu…

Just how "human-like" are new AI tools? Our new national survey of LLM users provides some answers. Full report at: imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/reports-and-pu…

When asked what they are using LLMs for, 68% said searching to find facts quickly, 55% said brainstorming, 34% said planning an event or trip, and 18% said looking up what the LLMs say about themselves.

Respondents were asked to describe their experience with how LLMs made them feel. Among their responses, the most common was that they felt lazy and the least common was that they were embarrassed of themselves in a shameful way.

Half of Americans now use AI large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT according to a new national survey by Elon University’s @ITDFuture. This makes LLMs one of the fastest – if not the fastest – adopted technologies in history. Read more here: bit.ly/3FlGtHA

New national survey: our human-like encounters with AI Large Language Models. Full report: imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/reports-and-pu…

Most higher ed leaders expect AI to be a positive factor in student learning. Details in our new national survey: imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/collaborations…

Our new survey of higher ed leaders shows that students are far ahead of faculty in the use of AI. Get the full details of the survey at: imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/collaborations…

Our new national survey of higher ed leaders is full of interesting views, and a few surprises, about the impact of AI on teaching and learning. Get all the details here: imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/collaborations…