I took the Freshman physics tier that was required of engineering majors. The lectures were quite entertaining with dynamic demonstrations. Twice a week three hour labs were challenging. I don’t see how AI could run a lab. I don’t recall class seasons too well. I think that’s because of the weekly quizzes. As it was, the course bled off a number of hopeful engineers.
One problem I see with this is it will encourage university administration to eliminate real physical labs do it all via computer simulation. The driver here is the O&M costs in maintaining undergraduate engineering\physics (even chemistry!) labs. I’ve talked to several friends who are profs and they tell me there is huge pressure to do this in undergraduate instruction.
Obviously, brick and mortar are needed for lab and clinical experience....but...the rest?
Absolutely, no!
This is true for engineering, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, and almost any other STEM field.
( And...I have a doctorate in a STEM field.)
“I don’t see how AI could run a lab”
Labs were where real Scientists were created.