This episode is a great learning experience for the student body and the faculty. When I receive a communication from a senior official, my expectations are as

This episode is a great learning experience for the student body and the faculty. When I receive a communication from a senior official, my expectations are as follows: 1) the communication was probably written by someone else 2) the contents of the communication were reviewed and approved by the senior official If either of the associate deans (or a responsible intermediary, on behalf of the associate deans) had reviewed the communication, they would have made a note to remove the mention of ChatGPT. The outrage is completely justified, yet the communication itself would have been acceptable, if a human had written it. We should let this moment of outrage pass. Whether the junior person is prompting an AI model or copy-pasting the best bits from previous communications, the senior person's role remains unchanged.