David KotzB

David Kotz has served as the Provost at Dartmouth College, where he has maintained a public stance advocating for the cautious integration of artificial intelligence within academic environments. Kotz has publicly emphasized the potential risks of excessive reliance on AI tools, arguing that such dependence may undermine the development of critical thinking skills among students. He has also been a proponent of implementing regulatory frameworks for the technology, participating in policy discussions regarding the institutional use of generative AI. Kotz has faced scrutiny for multiple incidents where his own use of generative AI was questioned in relation to his public advocacy. He has faced criticism and calls for dismissal regarding reports that he utilized ChatGPT to draft an op-ed piece focused on AI policy, an action that led to accusations of hypocrisy given his public warnings about AI dependency. Additionally, Kotz has been involved in controversy concerning the use of AI in his professional authorship, where he has consistently maintained that the software served as an assistive tool rather than a replacement for his own intellectual contributions. These events illustrate a pattern where his personal implementation of AI technology has clashed with his public warnings about the limitations of the medium.