a) If you could sit down with the CEO of one of the major LLM platforms (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, etc), what would you like them to know about college students’ perspectives on AI – whether about how students are using LLMs, their ethical concerns, fears about future job prospects, or whatever else?

I would let the CEO know that college students’ perspectives on AI surround the idea that they understand the benefit that AI can provide; however, the way schools are still set up hinders their ability to get the most out of AI to aid their work. Despite the lack of framework surrounding ethical use of AI, students can use LLMs to organize their ideas, as well as generate tables or graphs that they have gathered data for already, and using LLM’s to receive feedback on their essays or projects. Their ethical concerns arise with schools standing strong about their classic statement, “AI use is prohibited of any kind in coursework,” as well as relating usage of AI directly to violating academic integrity. For example, last year, I remember going into all my spring semester classes on the first day in January and seeing the same statement on AI use in the class like it was copy and pasted on every course syllabus. Additionally, there is general fear among students that AI will takeover the job market and available jobs will be limited and not able to employ the population, which is a very scary thought. I would really like to ask the CEO what he thinks about job security and availability as AI continues to grow. Goldman Sachs added to the conversation, “Despite concerns about widespread job losses, AI adoption is expected to have only a modest and relatively temporary impact on employment levels” (Goldman Sachs, 2025). This is mildly calming, but the overarching question and fear remain uncertain.

Overall, I think the importance remains in questioning how AI will perform in the job market and its impact on job availability, potentially leaving qualified people unemployed because they are not machines and cannot think as fast as machines. Hopefully, with students engaging and learning how to use AI ethically, humans being able to learn to most effectively use AI may lead to a potential human plus AI era of society, where both benefit each other and are able to co-exist in society and function properly and well.

Reference: How will AI affect the global workforce? (2025, August 13). Goldman Sachs. https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/how-will-ai-affect-the-global-workforce