KAIST plans to classify every course by how much artificial intelligence students may use starting with the 2027 spring semester. President Bae Chung-sik said selected humanities, social-science and basic-science courses will be placed in the strictest category and run as AI-free classes, while engineering courses can make more active use of the technology. The university says the goal is not a blanket ban.
It wants students to retain the ability to reason and produce work independently in foundational subjects while learning to use AI as a tool where it fits the discipline. The policy turns the wider debate over AI in education into a course-by-course operating rule.