I have many thoughts about where AI is headed and was relieved to hear I wasn't crazy with the predictions of both the code.org and Khan academy creators. I know from my own students and children's interactions with technology that AI generated figures who talk and move based on input exists. Through. my work in the media class that I co-teach, there is even a new news channel - Channel 1 - which is completely AI run and generated. All news anchors look like real people but they are in fact AI. When we presented this idea to the students, even though many of them don't watch the news already, they were even more intrigued that AI figures would be creating and delivering the news. This relates to the technological world they operate within. So I had already thought that this is the way we would be headed in education - with "tutors" who look like real people but are AI. I think it is entirely plausible to have AI tutors - similar to the text prompts on Khanmigo - in the classroom. It is like the Khan Academy creator said - it would be like 5 teaching assistants who will do whatever you want them to do! That would be such a help! I also think that AI will be taking over many more mundane tasks - from scheduling appointments to tasks at home. It is incredible how far AI has come over just the past two years.
Education has a major role in AI. I say this because the amount of misinformation, disinformation and bias that is out there on the internet is overwhelming. That all is going into the generative AI in order for it to create something for the user. To me that is more frustrating than the use of AI in itself. We have to be good information managers and critical thinkers. That is what is become more important for educators and students. To involve families on this conversation as well, since some of our parents believe that AI (ChatGPT) is the answer to everything. Unfortunately, that parent needs to be educated on the falseness and bias of the information that plagues the internet. I truly believe our role as educators has changed - it is not how to access the information, rather it is how to manage it once we have it.
Education has a major role in AI. I say this because the amount of misinformation, disinformation and bias that is out there on the internet is overwhelming. That all is going into the generative AI in order for it to create something for the user. To me that is more frustrating than the use of AI in itself. We have to be good information managers and critical thinkers. That is what is become more important for educators and students. To involve families on this conversation as well, since some of our parents believe that AI (ChatGPT) is the answer to everything. Unfortunately, that parent needs to be educated on the falseness and bias of the information that plagues the internet. I truly believe our role as educators has changed - it is not how to access the information, rather it is how to manage it once we have it.