A leading computer science professor says that AI isn't solely to blame for the broader dip in CS enrollment. "That was preceded, I think, over the past few years really by the downturn in tech offerings," Harvard computer science professor David J. Malan told podcaster Ryan Petterman during a recent interview, when asked about the current trend. Malan said that it "absolutely seems to be the case" that AI is  hurting interest in CS , but that the current dip began before chatbots like OpenAI's