Politico April 24, 2024
With help from Derek Robertson
The newest generation of kids are growing up in a hyper-connected world where artificial intelligence is unavoidable.
It’s shaping up to be a silent partner in their lives as companies race to develop AI assistants, and smart systems seamlessly blend into our surroundings. Until recently, the education sector did not give much thought to the technology.
Then, along came ChatGPT, capable of generating essays, code, and other assignments with a human-like quality that prompted considerable debate over whether AI should even have a role in schools.
Early discussions around using AI for the classroom have overwhelmingly been about cheating (AI-written essays are hard to detect), or helping teachers (AI can be an aide or a...