Higher education today stands at a crossroads unlike any in living memory, buffeted by disruptions that arrive not gradually, as in past technological shifts, but with breathtaking speed and scope. The arrival of generative artificial intelligence, tools that can draft essays and solve complex problems or even mimic human creativity, has upended long-held assumptions about teaching, learning, and assessment almost overnight. What began as a frantic scramble to detect cheating has evolved into a broader reckoning: universities must now decide whether to resist these tools, ban them outright, or embrace them as partners in education. Yet the evidence points clearly to the latter path, for generative AI is not a passing fad but a fundamental reconfiguration of knowledge work itself.
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2025/12/28/of-panic-and-purpose-higher-education-in-the-age-of-ai/
