Yeah given the racial labor dynamics of this occuring at at Historically Black College and University (HBCU) it's real weird to simplify this to just some raceless rich people, my guy.
I wonder if they're purposely pushing this faster at HBCUs, or if this university just happened to get there first publicly. I know firsthand this is in the works at other large public universities. Vendors are cramming "AI" into everything and pushing it hard at higher education because money.
Good question. I'm willing to bet that while it's being pushed in multiple places, Morehouse made a big deal in announcing it bc of the mix of HBCU colleges trying to prove they're keeping up with other schools + the long standing neoliberal politics at MH.
That last one is a bit more insider baseball type stuff but I'm really not surprised to see Morehouse embrace this like they have. They're kind of........really excited to be seen as "successful" in a very specific way.......
If the place I know about does make a public announcement, no one will be surprised at the state. Especially with the state board of governors. Anything "AI"-related is being pushed hard in every single technology procurement there too. Even when funding wasn't available for solutions in the past.
