I have spent most of my professional life at the Asian Institute of Technology—first as a student, then as a faculty member, and later as its President. AIT shaped who I am. So when I look at a world being reshaped by artificial intelligence and ask what it means for higher education, I do not ask as an outside observer. I ask as someone who has witnessed, across decades, how AIT’s noble mission has steadily expanded—from serving a region to helping shape leaders across the g