The newest course assistant at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., has zero experience, no academic credentials and has never set foot in a classroom.Nevertheless, Kia, an expressive, 3-D digital persona, will be in attendance as a sidekick to professor Steve DiPaola in his first-year course on the history and ethical challenges of AI.”This class is designed for students with no prior AI experience,” said Kia, speaking with a British accent in an online post introducing the course. “I’ll b