University Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI Slop

Arizona State University faculty were surprised to discover their lectures had been repurposed into AI-generated modules. The university's new platform, called Atomic, uses faculty lecture videos to create AI-generated content by clipping the videos into short segments and generating text based on those clips.

What happened

ASU's Atomic platform uses faculty lectures to create AI-generated modules. The videos appear to be sourced from Canvas, the university's learning management system. Faculty members whose lectures were used in the platform reported feeling blindsided and disturbed. One professor found a one-minute clip from his lecture, in which the AI transcribed "Cleanth Brooks" as "Client Brooks." The faculty members expressed concern that the chopped-up lectures might not accurately reflect their teaching and were being used without their permission.