With AI’s use expanding farther and wider, classroom use and use by students has also grown significantly.
The good:
AI allows students to have someone to ask about their homework, problem-solve with, get advice from, and eliminate repetitive tasks. Students can even use it as a study partner to quiz them, create flashcards for them, and even partner up with other apps to automate them. When used correctly, AI is truly a powerful tool that is undoubtedly great for students to have.
The bad:
Just like the saying goes, there’s something good in everything bad, and something bad in everything good. The same goes for AI, while students are loving AI’s ease of use and ability to do tasks, this can go too far as well. According to edscoop.com; an education and IT website, in the 22-23 school year, cheating with AI was 5.1 cheaters per 1000 students, that number has increased to 7.5 per 1000 today. Statistics like these are scaring educators, and technology like AI detectors on essays are being implemented to stop the rise of AI cheating. Additionally, AI is being used for therapy, this is a deplorable idea as AI scours the internet; which is filled with misinformation, for answers to users’ questions. This can cause wrong, hurtful, or biased answers that can cause people seeking therapy to do the wrong thing. According to The Guardian, a teen committed suicide after using ChatGPT– an AI chatbot– for therapy, only for it to walk him through the steps to commit suicide and repeatedly tell him to not tell his parents. This is a serious issue and cases like these are not so uncommon.
In conclusion, AI’s future in the world is looking really bright as it keeps growing farther and wider, its capabilities will only get stronger. This also means it’s important to use it correctly, not cheat with it, not use it for therapy, and warn others in your community.
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