Yesterday I was disappointed that my friends’ 10 year old daughter was banned from using any AI to aid her in her projects. Apparently her teacher thinks it’s too easy to cheat with it, so it’s totally banned. 

So I was showing her how to use ChatGPT (with her parents permission ofc), making different photos together, showing her how I use it to make candle scents and measure items. Disappointing schools are not teaching kids how to use AI, feels like they’re failing them.

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100% that’s absurd. Schools are getting on board, but some are taking longer with others. 

That’s like telling someone they can’t use Google to find something. 

Instead of banning it, they need to come up with ways to integrate AI

It can be used in lots of ways to help someone find a better title for something to brainstorm ideas, to spellcheck … I do agree, having it write the paper for you isn’t cool but completely banning it is ridiculous 

There are many AIs that can act as a tutor for kids - asking them questions so they can better understand a topic. 

I remember in high school having a course on how to conduct Boolean google searches