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I don't think I understand....or I need to pop a gummy.This is the other end of the argument. I don’t think the question is if they will use AI, but when do we want them to start… While they are learning to critically think, research and put together their own ideas or before they begin this process?
The issue I have with AI use in K-12 school is one thing AI is great at is just sending you down the same well traveled road as everyone else.
Let’s tackle it this way: Picture someone at the top of Mt. Snow in January. A world of possibilities.
But all ski the same exact single well established path - one trail - leaving the rest of the mountain untouched.
No one discovers a better way to go down that mountain or different always to approach that mountain. Nope just one hard packed trail that everyone travels down.
So, I am no arguing this point but only looking at the flip side of the coin. The question to me is when do you want this to start to add AI to their learning? is it going to be the Spice of learning or the main course?
We need to decide - think standards need to be adopted.
Why would everyone ski the exact same path? Some would ask AI what the easiest path was....or the hardest path....or the most scenic path....or how they should go down on a sled or a cardboard box or backwards? And AI would generate the response based off the input.
And, honestly, that's almost a moot point to discuss. Very soon (it's happening already) AI will solve your problems before you know they exist. Think of Waze re-routing you around an accident. In the past, you'd be sitting in standstill traffic for an hour. Last week, my fitness tracker (Whoop) asked me "Have you started a round of golf? Would you like me to track it?" It must have know where I was via GPS and how my body was reacting/moving based on past golf rounds. That type of thing is going to be all day every day part of everyone's life.