The fundamental tension w AI and education is that I think schools ought to (a) teach people how to think and (b) prepare them for the workforce (or, at the very least, not actively harm their employability).
Those goals push in opposite directions.
AI interferes with thinking but itβs also baked into the work of software, finance, legal, marketing, etc. If you use too much AI in college, youβll be dumb; never use it for four years, and youβll be in a disadvantaged position for the most popular high-paying entry level jobs.
Something like this below seems like at least a thoughtful way of addressing that tension.
π§΅UChicago is leading the way on AI in higher education.
1. All students will take an analog writing class.
2. Core classes in the humanities and social sciences will prohibit technology in class.
3. A new requirement in computational thinking will likely be added to the core.