{"id":9276,"date":"2026-04-15T05:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/pre-read-chosen-for-class-of-2030-second-of-the-past-three-focused-on-ai-the-daily-princetonian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T05:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:25:41","slug":"pre-read-chosen-for-class-of-2030-second-of-the-past-three-focused-on-ai-the-daily-princetonian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/pre-read-chosen-for-class-of-2030-second-of-the-past-three-focused-on-ai-the-daily-princetonian\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-read chosen for Class of 2030, second of the past three focused on AI – The Daily Princetonian"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cReader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World\u201d by Maryanne Wolf will be the Pre-read for the Class of 2030, according to a University announcement<\/a>. It will be the second Pre-read book in the past three years that centers on the use of artificial intelligence. 
Started by University President Christopher Eisgruber \u201983 in 2013<\/a>, the Princeton Pre-read has served the purpose of bringing the incoming class together for an intellectual discussion. 
In his foreword<\/a> to the Pre-read version of the book, Eisgruber wrote, \u201cI chose \u2018Reader, Come Home\u2019 as this year\u2019s Pre-read because it addresses a question of vital importance to every entering student: Why should we continue to read long, challenging books when artificial intelligence agents can quickly summarize them for us?\u201d
Wolf is the director of UCLA\u2019s Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice. She previously served<\/a> as the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, as well as the director of their Center for Reading and Language Research.
\u201cReader, Come Home\u201d is the last text in what she calls a trilogy of books about cognition. The previous two are \u201cProust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain\u201d and \u201cDyslexia, Fluency, and the Brain.\u201d 
The Pre-read selection explores how digital technology is changing the way our brains read, arguing that the shift away from print and towards the screen is jeopardizing our capacity for deep reading. It proposes ways to cultivate a \u201cbiliterate\u201d reading brain that can effectively navigate both print and digital reading. 
In a statement to The Daily Princetonian, Wolf wrote that she wants to inspire incoming Princeton students to build the most elaborate, critical, empathetic and reflective brain that the human species can achieve. 
\u201cTo do this, however, will require them a whole new understanding of reading and how it changes the brain. It means putting aside former childhood concepts of reading, and discovering that what I call \u2018deep reading\u2019 requires time, attention, cognitive patience, and reflection from them,\u201d she wrote. She added that these abilities are threatened \u201cby the temporal shortcuts of a culture that awards efficiency more than the quality of thought.\u201d
Wolf hopes that students will see \u201cdeep reading\u201d as a personal act of resistance against a mindless use of information. She believes that \u201ccritical thinking and empathy provide a platform for their [students] best thoughts and ultimately, for their contributions to a democratic society.\u201d
In interviews with the \u2018Prince,\u2019 admitted students attending Tuesday\u2019s Princeton Preview shared their thoughts on the book and the importance of having conversations about AI usage. 
\u201cI think the whole point of college \u2026 is to undergo the intellectual process of being a student here, and you can only do that if you use AI responsibly, and, in my opinion, in a limited way,\u201d admitted student Marco Venegas said in an interview with the \u2018Prince.\u2019 
\u201cThe more we can talk about it, the less it can be taboo.\u201d 
Admitted student Katie Bergsieker agreed that it is important to have nuanced, responsible conversations about AI. \u201cIt\u2019s really easy to either label AI as something that\u2019s really good, or something that\u2019s really bad,\u201d Bergsieker said. 
\u201cReading matters a lot for how we learn, store knowledge, and how we write down and communicate our own ideas,\u201d admitted student Benjamin Wang said. \u201cI think AI is going to be very big in the future, and it\u2019s very good to keep up with the times.\u201d 
\u201cWith Princeton education and liberal arts, it is important to emphasize how reading will change with AI,\u201d he added. 
\u201cI think talking about AI in a college setting is very important \u2026 We need to make sure that we\u2019re still struggling through that learning process, because that\u2019s how we grow and that\u2019s how we learn,\u201d Delia Dixon, another admitted student, said. 
\u201cWe need to focus more on how we can use it [AI] from a research perspective, and less of a servant for your tasks, \u201d she continued. 
\u201cI think it\u2019s actually very important to be talking about AI, since it\u2019s growing and we are probably going to be using it in the future,\u201d shared Yelena Guerrero, an admitted first-year who is not committed to the University. \u201cIt\u2019s better to spread awareness about how to use it in a good way, because people are not going to stop using it.\u201d 
For Wolf, the selection of her work to be the Pre-read for the class of 2030 marks the fulfillment of her dream as a writer.
\u201cI can only compare it to the hopes that many writers possess: that their best efforts to articulate their deepest hopes for humanity will become what Proust called that \u2018fertile miracle of communication\u2019 that happens in the solitary home of the reader\u2019s mind,\u201d she wrote. 
In 2024, the University selected<\/a> \u201cThe Worlds I See\u201d by Fei-Fei Li \u201999 as the Pre-read book for the Class of 2028. Li\u2019s book focuses on the future of AI and her own life experience as she and her family searched for a sense of belonging as immigrants to the United States. 
Incoming students receive a copy of the book over the summer, and will engage in a conversation about it at the Pre-read assembly during orientation. 
Giselle Moreno is a News contributor from Dallas interested in covering the Municipality of Princeton. She can be reached at gm2076[at]princeton.edu. <\/i>
Please send any corrections to corrections[at]dailyprincetonian.com.<\/i>
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