Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a day-to-day norm. Nearly 90% of college students use AI for academic purposes. A third of them use it daily, and another 24% use AI several times a week. According to the 2025 AI in Education Trends Report, AI is being used as a learning partner, but what does that mean? Professors and students alike are worried that AI is being used as a shortcut, that it threatens the ability to think critically, and that it is contributing to a decline in writing quality. Questions about how to integrate it ethically, if at all, are increasing as its use grows. In July 2024, the Technology Ethics Initiative (TEI) at Seattle University was created to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration on campus between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and academic learning. Its main goal is to bring together research related to technology ethics and technology policy.
