Seeking feedback on Stony Brook's approach to AI in teaching and learning
December 19, 2025
Dear Stony Brook Community,
We all have different perspectives, and levels of comfort, with artificial intelligence and its implications for our teaching, research, and day-to-day responsibilities. We are a diverse community of faculty and staff and it follows naturally that our community would hold a diversity of attitudes as well.
As with other forms of diversity, our different ideas and experiences regarding the potential of artificial intelligence is a strength. Regardless of our perspectives, many of you are asking for guidance and advice about using AI tools.
Today, I am pleased to share and solicit your feedback on our draft Stony Brook AI Statement of Values regarding teaching and learning.
Review the Draft AI Statement of Values
Please share your thoughts and feedback via the form below by Monday, January 5.
Over the course of the fall semester, the AI Teaching and Learning Advisory Council, a group of nearly 30 nominated faculty, staff, and students led by Amy Cook, vice provost for academic affairs, thought deeply and carefully about how our values of community, excellence, equity, collaboration, and innovation should inform the statement. I am grateful to Amy and the advisory group for their efforts.
I hope you agree with me that the strength of this document is the strength of our community: it allows for diverse perspectives and sets no expectation for how artificial intelligence should be used. Instead, it helps each of us ensure that, if we use AI, we do so effectively, transparently, ethically, and as a support for innovation and excellence rather than a cheap stand-in.
I encourage you to spend some time reviewing the statement. AI is already having significant impacts on teaching, research, and service, and I am grateful to see our community come together in thoughtful, nuanced, and inclusive conversations about it.
Sincerely,
Carl
Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President