AI-- ay yi yi...

I have a meeting today with a small group of colleagues to determine the best path towards developing an AI usage policy for students. (Does that sound boring? It probably will be.) I have serious reservations about using AI in the classroom; yes, it has potential upsides, but the downsides, coupled with teenaged machinations, are omnipresent. We can write all the policy we want, but ultimately, the teachers will have to both instruct students on how acceptable use looks and they will have to design assignments in such a way that the cheating is not possible. Good luck to us all, eh? 

Cue pen and paper, in my room. I've seen enough bad/ incorrect AI-generated stuff to know that I would not trust it for much. Case in point-- and this is funny-- I saw a meme on FB the other day that showed a bunch of straw brooms standing upright in the aisle of a hardware store. It takes patience, but it can be done. That said, the caption read, "why bassoon playing is not allowed in hardware stores." Now, the AI-generated suggestions that crop up by FB under the meme included the idea that the meme was playing with bassoon/broom for amusing effect. NOPE. This is where AI will always fail; it takes a human with a wide-enough breadth of knowledge and the ability to make connections that are both creative and cultural. That's where teachers come in.

In short, if you know, you know...and AI doesn't know one damned thing. 

Have a good day,


C






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