When AI first arrived on the education scene, the big concern was over the ways it enhanced the possibilities for cheating by students. That concern has not gone away.
There are, however, some writers who see an upside for AI.
In today’s Martin Center article, Jacob Bruggeman ponders a book by one of the AI advocates.
He writes:
Enter Alexander Sidorkin, the chief AI officer at California State University in Sacramento. Sidorkin’s new book, Embracing Chatbots in Higher Education: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Teaching, Administration, and Scholarship, foreshadows its argument in its title. In 100 pages and a few dozen digestible, one-to-five-page sections, Sidorkin sets out to demonstrate that AI chatbots can amplify student successes, reduce rising administrative costs, and assist professors and educators in juggling everything from classroom management and grading to literature reviews.
Sidorkin discusses an array of beneficial uses for chatbots that could help streamline education. He argues that not all writing calls for originality and that’s where AI can save lots of time.
Perhaps so, but the possibility of students deploying AI tools to avoid using their minds remains.
Read the whole thing.