'Panic surrounding AI solves nothing, the real problem is unclear AI adoption'

'Panic surrounding AI solves nothing, the real problem is unclear AI adoption'

08/15/2025 - 20:26

The NOS rightly questions in a video whether we should take seriously the scenarios about humanity's downfall from the AI 2027 report. Meanwhile, educational institutions are grappling with a much more concrete problem, says Ines Springael: fragmented AI adoption without clear direction.
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Ines Springael: "As programme manager at Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) and researcher of the AI Strategy Compass, I hear daily how institutions get stuck in isolated pilot projects. Meanwhile, lecturers and students are making AI decisions without clear frameworks from their institution. The real danger lies not in imaginary doomsday scenarios, but in this strategic chaos that undermines educational quality."

Behavioural change

"Whilst UNESCO outlines human-centred AI principles and Silicon Valley spreads doom scenarios, our integrated compass offers the missing link between vision and practice. Institutions can take the lead themselves by approaching AI adoption as behavioural change, not merely as a technical rollout. Otherwise, we continue reacting to hypes whilst students and lecturers bear the actual consequences of our indecisiveness."