Survey of Computer Science Faculty: Contributions to AI Models
Description
This comprehensive study explores how computer science faculty are engaging with AI model development, sharing their research and teaching materials, and responding to the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence in academia.
What’s Inside the Report?
The report provides detailed survey data and analysis on:
Faculty perceptions of their research and teaching materials as potential AI training data
Actual contributions of content to AI models, including voluntary submissions and unauthorized use
Institutional and departmental efforts to collect and prepare content for AI
Use of personal materials in class-specific chatbots and models
Differences by institution type, academic rank, age, gender, scholarly focus, and more
Five Key Data Findings
Majority See Their Work as AI-Relevant:
Over half (53.63%) of faculty believe they have content suitable for training AI models, with 49.28% answering “Yes” and another 4.35% saying “Yes, and I have taken measures to ready or archive these materials.”
Actual Submissions Are Uncommon:
Only 7.25% of respondents report having submitted their content for inclusion in an AI model, while 85.51% say “No.”
Uncertainty About Unauthorized Use:
Nearly half (43.48%) are unsure if their content has been used by an AI model without permission, with only 14.49% believing unauthorized use has occurred and 31.88% confident it has not.
Course-Level AI Adoption Is Growing:
Almost one in four faculty (23.19%) have used their own class and lecture notes, videos, or research work in a chatbot or model developed for their students, making this the most common form of AI content sharing.
Institutional Efforts Are Limited:
Only 4.35% of faculty report that their department has made any effort to collect and prepare content for use in AI models, indicating that organized initiatives are rare.
What’s Inside the Report?
The report provides detailed survey data and analysis on:
Faculty perceptions of their research and teaching materials as potential AI training data
Actual contributions of content to AI models, including voluntary submissions and unauthorized use
Institutional and departmental efforts to collect and prepare content for AI
Use of personal materials in class-specific chatbots and models
Differences by institution type, academic rank, age, gender, scholarly focus, and more
Five Key Data Findings
Majority See Their Work as AI-Relevant:
Over half (53.63%) of faculty believe they have content suitable for training AI models, with 49.28% answering “Yes” and another 4.35% saying “Yes, and I have taken measures to ready or archive these materials.”
Actual Submissions Are Uncommon:
Only 7.25% of respondents report having submitted their content for inclusion in an AI model, while 85.51% say “No.”
Uncertainty About Unauthorized Use:
Nearly half (43.48%) are unsure if their content has been used by an AI model without permission, with only 14.49% believing unauthorized use has occurred and 31.88% confident it has not.
Course-Level AI Adoption Is Growing:
Almost one in four faculty (23.19%) have used their own class and lecture notes, videos, or research work in a chatbot or model developed for their students, making this the most common form of AI content sharing.
Institutional Efforts Are Limited:
Only 4.35% of faculty report that their department has made any effort to collect and prepare content for use in AI models, indicating that organized initiatives are rare.
Table of Contents
96 Pages
- Table 1.1 Do you feel that you have articles, data, lab logs, code, blog posts, class records or videos, personally developed educational materials, or any other content connected to your research that could be used to train an AI model?
- Table 2.1 Have you submitted any of your articles, data, lab logs, code, blog posts, class records or videos, personally developed educational materials or any other content connected to your research for inclusion in an AI model?
- Table 3 To which of the following have you ever contributed your content outlined in the past two questions for the development of an AI model by any of the parties below? (check all that apply)
- Table 4.1 To the best of your knowledge has content developed by you been used by an AI model without your permission?
- Table 5.1 Have you ever sold or licensed any content developed by you to any developer of an AI model or engine?
- Table 6.1 To the best of your knowledge, has your college/university department made any effort to collect and prepare content from its scholars to be used in an AI model of any kind?
- Table 7.1 Have you used your own class and lecture notes, videos or tapes of your classes, research work, texts or other info in a chatbot or model developed for your class or students?
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