The first version of the course launched this month, with another class set for the fall. Maynard pushed back on the notion that creating the course moved at a breakneck speed, given the challenges of academic bureaucracy. “It was the opposite of too fast,” he said. “I was paranoid by the time we started teaching this it would be outdated.” Maynard, along with Jules White at Vanderbilt University, are among a small number of professors launching courses focused solely on teaching students across disciplines to better navigate AI and ChatGPT.
