  How has generative AI impacted the experiences of college students? We study
the influence of AI on the study habits, class choices, and career prospects of
Harvard undergraduates (n=326), finding that almost 90% of students use
generative AI. For roughly 25% of these students, AI has begun to substitute
for attending office hours and completing required readings. Half of students
are concerned that AI will negatively impact their job prospects, and over half
of students wish that Harvard had more classes on the future impacts of AI. We
also investigate students' outlook on the broader social implications of AI,
finding that half of students are worried that AI will increase economic
inequality, and 40% believe that extinction risk from AI should be treated as a
global priority with the same urgency as pandemics and nuclear war. Around half
of students who have taken a class on AI expect AI to exceed human capabilities
on almost all tasks within 30 years. We make some recommendations to the
Harvard community in light of these results.
