AI is here to stay. It is not a matter of banning it or keeping it. It is a matter of finding a way to understand it and work with it. As the conversation mentioned, AI is not going to eliminate technology jobs. Humans need to be smarter than ever to succeed in a workforce of AI. They need to be a step ahead of the AI because they will be managing it. The future skills of the workforce will continue to be critical thinking, problem solving, reading, writing, and now digitalskills. Generative AI will not replace teachers. It will make the job more sustainable. From a teaching standpoint, it will allow teachers more time to do the job they were hired to do. It will help reduce time taken for writing lesson plans, correcting tests, writing reports, creating rubrics etc and give teachers back more 1:1 time with their students. As for students, it will give them more opportunities to learn. To keep things as safe as possible, it is going to be very important for schools to figure out what works best for them. Different pieces of technology obviously will be appropriate for different levels of students. Teachers need to be trained and need time to figure out how to incorporate generative AI into the curriculum. Always, students need to be taught digital citizenship. They need to know how to use and respect the technology as a tool.
