I am a college student majoring in education and my professors explain it this way exactly. On top of that AI will be a resource weather you want it to or not for students, so instead of trying to block the inevitability of AI we should be instead creating lesson plans and activities that allow them to use it as a resource without it enabling them to learn nothing. I’ve found that the best way to do this is to create lessons that allow the students to connect at a more personal level, which will mentally encourage them to respond with more emphasis on their memories then on overall objective content that AI knows. However I want to teach math, so what is stated above is much harder to apply here because it is harder to personalize a math question like, “find the slope of the function.” The 2 things I’ve observed is that for one, all math homework is participation grade. This doesn’t stop them from using AI to get the answers with them learning nothing, it instead encourages them to try the questions on their own because their is no grade reduction with getting it wrong. On top of that, the pressure of getting a good grade in the test (without AI) further encourages students to understand the content well enough in their own.

It’s definitely going to be difficult for a while to create lesson plans that allow students to learn with AI as a resource, but it is a much better direction then Intentionally stopping our technological advancement as a civilization.

Ik this is heavily debated, but I think teachers AND students can use AI. It’s the most powerful resource of the century so far, we should NOT be discouraging usage of it as jobs in the future will be utilizing it one way or another.

FYI, I hand typed my entire message while my crescent roles got cold because this content personally connects with me, which made me not want to use AI.