Ladany, N. 2025, October 3. Meet The AI Professor: Coming To A Higher Education Campus Near You. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasladany/2025/10/03/meet-the-ai-professor-coming-to-a-higher-education-campus-near-you/.
The Forbes article “Meet the AI Professor: Coming to a Higher Education Campus Near You” by Nick Ladany envisions a future where AI “professors” complement rather than replace human educators, reshaping how universities teach and relate to students. It argues that while AI professors will provide personalized, 24/7, evidence-based instruction across disciplines, human professors will take on more relational, mentoring, and integrative roles—helping students connect ideas across fields and develop meaning, purpose, and community. Ladany frames this as a centaur model—humans and AI working together—where technology handles scalable instruction and humans humanize learning through connection, coaching, and empathy. Though light on specifics, the article suggests that the rise of AI in teaching could finally force academia to professionalize teaching, broaden faculty training, and reimagine professors as year-round facilitators of student development rather than isolated content experts.