By: Gleb Tsipursky
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Collegedale’s conversation about artificial intelligence is asking the right question. In a
September/October article in Vibrant Life magazine, Southern Adventist University librarians
Deyse Bravo and Jessica Spears ask how AI can support learning without replacing healthy
thinking and relationships.
This week’s evidence sharpens that concern. An October 13 Wharton-GBK study reported that
78% of organizational leaders consider their AI training adequate, compared with only 56% of
employees. That gap should matter to every classroom and workplace.
We can narrow it with a practical judgment drill. Students and workers use an approved AI tool
to summarize a real document. They then identify a plausible error, check it against the original,
explain their evidence and identify when a human reviewer must intervene. Instructors grade the
reasoning rather than the polish of the AI-generated prose.
Local employers could adapt the exercise to customer service, health care, school administration
and skilled trades. They should measure whether trainees can catch mistakes and responsibly
escalate uncertain decisions.
Collegedale can prepare people to use AI confidently while retaining responsibility for their
work.
Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, is a behavioral scientist, CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, and author of
The Psychology of AI Adoption at Work: From Resistance to Results (Georgetown University
Press, 2026).
