What are your thoughts and possible predictions on industry and/or life moving forward.I know it may be a very unpopular opinion at the moment, but I am personally very fearful of AI and it’s place in education and in many industries as we move forward. As cool and quick as it may be… I cannot help but view it as the death of creativity, individuality, the thought process, and valuable human input. I cannot help as a Social Studies teacher but to think about the Luddites of Great Britain who raged against the machines of the industrial revolution that were replacing them. Or Karl Marx describing mechanization as the death of the skilled craftsman and creation of cogs in the wheel. In our rush to advance to the newest and coolest thing? Have we sacrificed ourselves? At the same time I am a person who embraces technology and human advancement, therefore as an educator I feel it is our new found duty to explore AI and find a way to make it fit appropriately in the education setting rather than fight the uphill battle.
This leads to the next prompt about the role education has in the use of AI. As much as it concerns me I do not see AI going away. Through this badge I discovered it is already embedded in algorithms, programs, and the cookies that guide our searches daily. Just like studying and implementing the newest educational philosophies and strategies that arise, I feel the role of educators in using AI should be to take a deep dive and find ways to use it to further creativity and not eliminate it. Use it to generate responses and have students analyze them and vet them. Use them to create original art depicting our learning… etc…. AI is here to stay. As educators we need to step up and find a way for it to have a place in our classrooms as a tool.
This leads to the next prompt about the role education has in the use of AI. As much as it concerns me I do not see AI going away. Through this badge I discovered it is already embedded in algorithms, programs, and the cookies that guide our searches daily. Just like studying and implementing the newest educational philosophies and strategies that arise, I feel the role of educators in using AI should be to take a deep dive and find ways to use it to further creativity and not eliminate it. Use it to generate responses and have students analyze them and vet them. Use them to create original art depicting our learning… etc…. AI is here to stay. As educators we need to step up and find a way for it to have a place in our classrooms as a tool.