In the education world, many teachers have been against artificial intelligence because of the implications of students cheating. But the Upper St. Clair School District is taking a different approach.
Is AI making our kids smarter or eroding their math and verbal skills — even their ability to think? It can spit out a term paper on “Moby Dick” in seconds without the student having gotten beyond the first words of “Call me Ishmael.” And that’s concerning, even in the Upper St. Clair School District, whose students consistently rank among the highest in the state.
“A lot of that goes away with AI, doesn’t it?” KDKA’s Andy Sheehan asked…