WSU President Betsy Cantwell builds custom AI agents — but won’t ask them to predict the Apple Cup
A university president is deploying AI agents across research and finance — but drawing a hard line on what they won't automate.
Why it matters
A senior leader's practical deployment of agents in higher education, paired with a principled stance on the limits of AI in institutional decision-making. Reflects the emerging boundary-setting in enterprise AI adoption.
The key facts
7 to knowWSU President Betsy Cantwell uses custom AI agents for research de-risking and financial modeling
Agents deployed in college athletics financial scenarios
Cantwell explicitly rejects AI for outcome prediction (Apple Cup forecasting)
Framed as a values-driven constraint on AI deployment in education
WSU President Betsy Cantwell using custom AI agents for research de-risking and financial modeling
Leader explicitly rejecting agent use for prediction/forecasting tasks
Framed as commentary on AI's role in education vs. human judgment
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Publisher excerpt: Former national lab scientist and current Washington State University President Betsy Cantwell uses custom AI agents to de-risk research and model complex financial scenarios for college athletics. But the top Cougar believes artificial intelligence can never replace human wonder in education and…