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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AI is getting used whether you want it or not.

The wisest solution is to study and regulate its use, instead of banning it, and teach students HOW TO QUERY, which is the one trait that will distinguish an intelligent human user from an unintelligent human user. I can tell you don't use it much, OP.

Why? Because AI is here to stay at all degrees of school and work. If you want to ban AI, you are forcing students to become less competitive compared to peers.

All schools and workplaces should be developing their own regulations.

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I totally support educating kids (and teachers) on AI and its strengths and limitations.

Of course ignoring it doesn't make it go away. But just because it's everywhere doesn't mean the school system should be saying "let's give a stamp of approval to students and teachers using AI to cut corners and decrease the amount of human thought and judgment involved in education."  [/quote]

I think one of the biggest issues with younger users, which includes high school students, is that they have no idea whether or not the information AI is proving is correct. I have students using ChatGPT to answer questions and the "answers" they copy/paste for assignments do not even answer the prompt. They don't care though. They just want to finish their work in a minute or two and then try to use their phones to watch videos. We did a lot of copying answers from textbooks when I was in high school. Technically, this was just being given the answers. But, the process of rewriting the information using pen and paper helped retain more information than what's happening with students using AI today. We moved on to taking notes from the textbooks, taking notes during lectures, etc. The aspects of being an active learner are not happening anymore and it will soon be impossible to teach students proper use of AI because it is already so far beyond our control.[/quote]

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