AI Manifesto
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Manifesto
Preamble
Program Commitments
Preamble
In keeping with its vision, mission and core values, Asia Pacific College (APC) realizes the impact of significant developments in information technology. The emergence of artificial intelligence and the potential power it unleashes as an integral component of life is something that APC acknowledges together with its attendant advantages and disadvantages.
As an academic institution, APC recognizes its capability of influencing its community through the teaching and learning process and support services. APC finds it necessary to formulate this manifesto as a guide to ensure responsible and ethical application of AI in accordance with its core values of Integrity, Industry, and Innovation.
APC does not intend to replace people with AI. Through AI, APC intends to cultivate human creativity and serve as a catalyst for critical thinking and problem solving. APC embraces AI to foster design thinking, synergistic learning, and the seeds of lifelong learning in the classroom. Equipped with AI skills, APC graduates will be good communicators, customer-oriented, and contributors to nation building. In the use of AI, APC aims to ensure that teachers and students maintain respect for human rights, protect user privacy and observe responsible handling of data..
As an academic institution, APC recognizes its capability of influencing its community through the teaching and learning process and support services. APC finds it necessary to formulate this manifesto as a guide to ensure responsible and ethical application of AI in accordance with its core values of Integrity, Industry, and Innovation.
APC does not intend to replace people with AI. Through AI, APC intends to cultivate human creativity and serve as a catalyst for critical thinking and problem solving. APC embraces AI to foster design thinking, synergistic learning, and the seeds of lifelong learning in the classroom. Equipped with AI skills, APC graduates will be good communicators, customer-oriented, and contributors to nation building. In the use of AI, APC aims to ensure that teachers and students maintain respect for human rights, protect user privacy and observe responsible handling of data..
Program Commitments
APC commits to harnessing the full potential of AI as an instrument in the teaching-learning process. Specifically, the School of Computing and Information Technologies (SoCIT) will:
- Integrate AI in its academic courses such as systems development, applied research, project-based learning and cybersecurity
- Explore the potential of generative AI in project and research domains such as software engineering, business / government operations, cyber forensics, infrastructure, gaming, and art
- Invest in human resources (both faculty and admin upskilling) for the development of AI skills
- Use AI in the review and implementation of the curriculum for optimum use of IT (such as in cloud computing, syllabus development and teaching strategies)
- Explore the use of AI in real-world applications
- Actively collaborate within the AI community to foster knowledge and best practices sharing to accelerate advancements in AI
