No-one working in higher education over the past six months will have been able to escape the frantic discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) and what it means for the future. It’s not my background, and I’m certainly no expert. One thing I find troubling is how overblown some of the myths and misconceptions have become. Within this blog post, I will try to dispel some of them, and offer my take on real impacts that we are going to have to deal with.