Brian Piper sits down with Andrew Maynard, a leading expert on AI and its implications for higher education. They discuss the rapid evolution of AI, the existential challenges it poses for universities, and how institutions can embrace AI as an opportunity rather than a threat. From AI-driven research advancements to the shifting role of educators, this conversation explores what the future of learning might look like in an AI-powered world.

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Guest Name: Andrew Maynard, Director of the Arizona State University Future of Being Human initiative and professor in the ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University

Guest Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyplayle/

Guest Bio: Andrew Maynard is Director of the Arizona State University Future of Being Human initiative and is a professor in the ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society. 

His research focuses on successfully navigating transitions at the nexus of emerging technologies, society, and the future — including the intersection of AI and education. 

He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Research Council of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), and he currently serves on the selection committee for the World Economic Forum annual list of top ten emerging technologies. 

As well as publishing in the academic press, Andrew writes for a number of platforms, including the Substack The Future of Being Human.  

He is also the author of the books Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, and Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and co-host of the podcast Modem Futura.  

Andrew has a BSc in physics from the Birmingham University, UK, and a PhD in physics from Cambridge University, UK.

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