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Imagine this. In a couple of years or decades from now, everything will be made of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s hard to think that within just a matter of seconds, we can create something made by an AI tool, and pass it on as one of our own. This specific act can fool other individuals. Before the age of AI, emails, texts, and messages to your loved ones once sounded realistic and passionate, but it is now impossible to confirm at times if that passion is real. According to Fielding Graduate University, nearly 70% of teenagers living in the United States use AI tools. The article states that the reported AI use is primarily present in brainstorming and organization, yet this still has a significant effect on schooling policies. Recently, many pre-college and even universities have seen an increase in AI use on assignments, tests, and projects. Countless students have been suspended and expelled for their use of AI.
In response, schools have now started confiscating phones at the beginning of the school period or day. As reported by the New York Times, they have also begun shifting from at-home assignments to oral presentations, in-class assessments, and interpretive listening challenges. This method is an effective way to verify whether a student has completed their work authentically. In addition, the American Psychological Association concluded that AI has “reduced mental effort” and has “hindered cognitive performance.” With students using AI excessively on assignments, they are beginning to lack the ability to learn the real concepts, leading them to perform poorly on exams or midterms.
The association also proposes an idea to figure out how to use AI to improve efficiency without eroding human skills.
AI is often seen as a quick workaround to complete simple tasks within schools and offices. But how AI is slowly changing how people approach challenges needs to be acknowledged. In addition, to stop the learning loss, reliance on AI should be decreased while the cognitive capabilities of humans, which leads to new ideas, innovations, and advancements, should be increased.
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