Generative artificial intelligence and academia: Implication for research, teaching and service

Abstract

In this editorial, we identify some of the opportunities and the consequences of generative artificial intelligence for academia. We discuss how generative artificial intelligence will affect the three main areas of an academic’s job responsibilities: research, teaching and service. To animate our ideas, we offer illustrative examples of how generative artificial intelligence will impact each of these areas. Further recognizing that generative artificial intelligence poses both opportunities and consequences for academia from a management learning perspective, we use examples that represent a positive and a negative outcome resultant of generative artificial intelligence to each of the three areas of academic responsibility.