The impact of artificial intelligence on higher education: The view from 1989

There is a table in the Student Union building where people can put all kinds of things to give away. Like many others in the university, I walk by the table twice a day, sometimes more. Often, there are books on the table. At certain times of year, especially toward the end of the semester, when retiring faculty are cleaning out their shelves, there are gems on the table. The other day, I found “New Information Technologies in Higher Education”, Published in Bucharest in 1989 by the European Centre for Higher Education, and edited by Cristian Calude, Dumitru Chitoran, and Mircea Malitza. Three of the chapters deal more specifically with the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on education. It’s a minor wonder that anyone got anything published in Bucharest in 1989, let alone a collection of articles about technology and higher education. There was a lot going on. After months of various kinds of unrest and popular protest behind the Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall had fallen in…

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