{"id":218301,"date":"2026-05-21T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/israel-balderas-offers-insight-to-inside-higher-ed-on-negative-reactions-to-ai-today-at-elon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:30:17","slug":"israel-balderas-offers-insight-to-inside-higher-ed-on-negative-reactions-to-ai-today-at-elon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/israel-balderas-offers-insight-to-inside-higher-ed-on-negative-reactions-to-ai-today-at-elon\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Balderas offers insight to Inside Higher Ed on negative reactions to AI | Today at Elon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elon.edu\/u\/news\/2026\/05\/21\/israel-balderas-offers-insight-to-inside-higher-ed-on-negative-reactions-to-ai\/\">Israel Balderas offers insight to Inside Higher Ed on negative reactions to AI | Today at Elon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elon.edu\/u\/news\/2026\/05\/21\/israel-balderas-offers-insight-to-inside-higher-ed-on-negative-reactions-to-ai\/\">https:\/\/www.elon.edu\/u\/news\/2026\/05\/21\/israel-balderas-offers-insight-to-inside-higher-ed-on-negative-reactions-to-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-21 14:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.elon.edu\">www.elon.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israel Balderas, an assistant professor of journalism at Elon University, provided insight in an <em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em> article on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on college graduates.<\/li>\n<li>The article, titled \u201cA Specter of AI Haunts the Class of 2026,\u201d discusses concerns about how AI affects future job opportunities, academic learning, and higher education.<\/li>\n<li>Balderas emphasized the need for students to understand AI as a tool that requires thoughtful and ethical use, rather than fear or avoidance.<\/li>\n<li>He addressed the emotional reactions observed at commencement ceremonies when AI is mentioned, tying the issue to broader concerns about technology&#8217;s impact on students&#8217; relationships, mental health, and sense of belonging.<\/li>\n<li>Balderas suggests that the negative reaction extends beyond job security to deeper fears about the impact of AI on human interaction and emotional meaning in traditional spaces like graduation ceremonies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Balderas offers insight to Inside Higher Ed on negative reactions to AI | Today&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/eloncdn.blob.core.windows.net\/eu3\/sites\/74\/2026\/05\/Balderas_InsideHigherEd.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-218301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218303,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218301\/revisions\/218303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}