The use of artificial intelligence will continue to grow at higher education institutions around the state, a panel of AI and education experts said Thursday. As part of a statewide forum on AI and data centers at the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla, two Missouri education administrators and the CEO of a Cape Girardeau nonprofit focused on AI training took part in a panel on workforce development. Their message, overwhelmingly, was that higher education must adapt to AI, not fight it. "Are you going to stop fire? Are you going to stop the wheel? Are you going to stop the industrial revolution? You're not going to stop AI," said Hal Higdon, chancellor of Ozarks Technical Community College. "Fighting is futile, but learning to use it responsibly is the way."