College students are caught between ‘AI gets you in trouble’ and ‘AI is the future’

Both current undergrads and recent alums reveal how they’re navigating the mixed AI messages they’re getting from universities and the real world.

When incoming freshman Matt Cooper first set his eyes out for a coveted sousaphone position for the L row at The Ohio State University Marching Band, he prepared for auditions like anyone else would: practicing, playing, asking for help.