Pocket calculators by makers Bowmar, Texas Instruments and Hewlett-Packard are displayed at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. It turns out calculators didn’t upend math education as many feared. Educators adapted the new technology into the curriculum and pivoted to teaching broader concepts than simple addition and subtraction.American higher education is in a tug-of-war over the merits and potential abuses of AI.
Similarly, AI holds the promise of simplifying the learning process. Granted AI is a far more powerful piece of technology than a passive desktop calculator. But history tells us it would be equally naïve and unforgiveable to shut AI out of the classroom out of fear of its disruptive potential. Despite rapid advancements, generative AI in its current form is far from a polished product. It does not have the ability to discern fact from fiction in all instances. The models don’t react well in different contexts. They often lack common sense, and sometimes respond in ways that are awkward and outside the norm.
Students, in other words, are taught to think beyond mere concepts and apply what they learned to real-world experiences in a way that is unique, creative — and human.AI is causing panic for authors. Now the courts are involved