The experiment could reveal useful insights about the way students perceive and interact with curriculum in a university environment.
Ferris State University in Michigan intends to enroll two artificial intelligence (AI) students in classes this year.
According to a report from local news source MLive, this open-ended experiment could end up producing the first machine learning agents to earn a degree via classroom education.
Ferris State associate professor Kasey Thompson, the lead researcher on the AI student experiment, told MLive that the machines would be given the same opportunities as their human counterparts: