Most surveyed faculty report some AI use, primarily chatbots, with research use exceeding teaching use¶
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q2 i? 78% of respondents (70 of 90) reported using AI in some form, primarily chatbots and virtual assistants (49 participants), and use was more common in research than teaching. → T. J. Atherton 2026
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T. J. Atherton 2026¶
T. J. Atherton, I. Descamps, M. Webel, T. R. Holmes, C. L. Vizcarra, N. Sui, J. J. Foley IV. (2026). Faculty Orientations Shape Adoption of AI in Research and Teaching. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.18140 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.18140
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Descriptive analysis of survey use questions from 90 retained responses. The article reports "as many as70participants(78%)report using AI in some form and context", primarily "chatbots and virtual assistants (49participants)"; 20 participants (22%) reported not using AI at all.
"While as many as70participants(78%)report using AI in some form and context, this is primarily in the form of chatbots and virtual assistants (49participants)."
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Related Claims¶
- Respondents anticipated using LLMs most often (23%), followed by NLP (17%), predictive AI (14%), chatbots (13%), and ASR (10%) — related
- Technology implementation in higher education depends on individual initiative rather than institutional systems, with governance structures rarely including those responsible for implementation — related
- Students and faculty use AI for different tasks: students for applied learning activities, faculty for academic and instructional tasks — related
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Most surveyed faculty report some AI use, primarily chatbots, with research use exceeding teaching use |
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Most surveyed faculty report some AI use, primarily chatbots, with research use exceeding teaching use |
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