The solution, according to Stevens, is to encourage children to “discover topics worth knowing” while moving away from standardised measurements. We’ve groomed a whole generation of students to want rubric points rather than knowledge,” he said, “and of course, if the point at the end of the semester is what counts, then ChatGPT is a danger.”
The genie is out of the bottle, no matter how schools manage AI bots. AI-powered answers, essays, and art are here to stay, barring government regulation (unlikely in the near future given the present trend of the US Congress). The major issues will come in the next section, which will deal with the possible social ramifications, including the automation of more and more employment.
