Thursday, October 19, 2023

Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students - Demian Hommel and Bradley Cohen, Faculty Focus

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is consuming a growing share of our collective consciousness. Like many educators, we’ve spent months processing the media coverage and pondering AI’s potential impact on the future: Is AI “an absolute systems-level threat to education” as some argue? Will it spell the end of countless jobs or create new horizons for teaching, research, and meaningful work? Will AI save or enslave us?  It’s equal parts exciting and exhausting. But as educators, it’s important to remember we aren’t the only ones struggling to find our footing.