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Hollis Robbins gives a lecture in the Barco Law Building on Wednesday.

‘AI didn’t cause this, but AI is revealing it’: Utah professor lectures on AI’s effect in higher education 

By Naomi Weiss, Assistant News Editor • February 20, 2026
Artificial intelligence has exposed structural flaws in higher education, according to one scholar. Hollis Robbins, a professor of English and special adviser for humanities at the University of Utah, spoke about AI's effects on higher education to about 50 professors in a lecture on Wednesday evening sponsored by the E3 project.
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