California Bill to Prevent AI Replacing Community College Faculty Awaits Newsom’s Signature

Published on June 25, 2024

A California bill mandating community college courses be taught by human instructors is awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature to become law, amid heightened concerns artificial intelligence (AI) could replace teachers. “While there is room for artificial intelligence to contribute to community college classrooms, human faculty remain best suited to teach our students,” said bill author Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes in a June 13 statement. The bill—AB 2370—mandates that credit and non-credit courses at California community colleges be taught by human beings. However, the legislation allows AI to assist human faculty in tasks such as course development, grading, and tutoring. “Assembly Bill 2370 will help provide guardrails on the integration of AI in classrooms while ensuring that community college students are taught by human faculty,” Ms. Cervantes said....

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