“Artificial Opportunity: Why Universities Are Doomed but the Humanities Could Save Us”: A Talk by Jordan Loewen-Colon (Queen’s College)

Universities are facing an existential crisis. AI's horizon brings massive job replacement, cognitive atrophy and values erosion. Yet the crisis also brings a paradox: creativity, self-reflection and awareness, and the careful navigation of ambiguity, may soon matter more than technical proficiency alone. Drawing on insights from the business and tech worlds, Loewen-Colon asks whether the humanities should use this growing value to help save our institutions, or let it all burn to the ground.