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Smith College VP: Colleges must preserve human writing amid AI rise

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Joanna Olin, vice president for government relations and chief of staff at Smith College, argues in The Chronicle of Higher Education that colleges must act as custodians of human writing in the age of AI. She emphasizes the importance of preserving libraries, archives, and the expertise of librarians and archivists. Olin suggests that while AI-generated summaries can aid researchers, they cannot replace the critical scholarship, evidence, and human judgment necessary for trustworthy interpretation and analysis. AI

IMPACT Colleges may need to re-evaluate their role in curating and preserving human-created content as AI capabilities advance.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from an academic administrator about the role of higher education in preserving human writing against AI.

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Smith College VP: Colleges must preserve human writing amid AI rise

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # JoannaOlin : “We need to preserve # HumanWriting before it is too late.” August 28, 2026 "Dear Commons Communty, Joanna Olin, vice president for government re

    # JoannaOlin : “We need to preserve # HumanWriting before it is too late.” August 28, 2026 "Dear Commons Communty, Joanna Olin, vice president for government relations and chief of staff at Smith College, has a guest essay this morning in The Chronicle of Higher Education entitle…

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