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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

PP you replied to. Respectfully, you don't understand what AI is good for. It does not replace human thought. Indeed, it cannot be deployed to any great effect if used thoughtlessly. The AI is not really intelligent, it's just a gigantic deep sea trawler in the ocean of online data. The fish it dredges up indiscriminately is of all kinds, some of it useful, some of it nonsensical. It cannot replace human intelligence. Ideally, instead of looking at the finished product, which is the least important part of the exercise, teachers should observe AI use in class, and give feedback on query style, so that they can teach kids how to effectively, without wasting time, reach their desired outcome in the least amount of time. That takes a lot of critical reasoning!!! Most posters on DCUM don't seem to use AI all that much, and therefore do not understand that this is the crux of the matter.

Using AI is a lot like using mathematical and computer programming tools. You need to be supremely logical and precise in your wording. You need to be creative and think outside the box. But the added wrinkle is that AI being what it is today, you also need to double check what it spits out in a way that you don't tend to do when using a calculator (but that you do need to do when testing code!).

AI does not equal cheating. We absolutely need to harness it so we can compete with other nations.

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You are in an idealistic dreamworld if you don't think that people use AI to replace thinking and mental effort on their own part.  [/quote]
My dh works for a bio tech company, which encourages them to use ai for communications with clients. He composes his own emails, though. Some of his younger colleagues use ai for all communications.[/quote]

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