Former Southern New Hampshire University President Paul J. LeBlanc said universities should use artificial intelligence in classrooms at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education on Thursday.

LeBlanc, who now co-leads Matter and Space, an AI-powered education company, argued that academic institutions should equip their students with AI literacy skills.

“I’d encourage everyone to use AI as much as possible,” he said. “These are the skills you need to master in order to be competitive in the job market.”

“It makes no sense to me that you would ask students not to use the tools that will actually empower them and make them distinctive in the job search,” he added.