Question 3. Describe the effects that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have in your students’ future.

● AI is becoming a threat to real learning. Students rely on it to answer questions instead of their own minds. [Harms Learning]

● AI undermines their learning by doing the work for students and undermining their ability to deal with academic challenges. [Harms Learning]

● I feel it will not encourage them to think independently or critically or engage in their own problem-solving skills. [Harms Learning]

● I worry that they will see AI text generation as a short cut and not realize that they need to have superior reading and critical thinking skills to use it effectively, for instance by being able to see what is missing or doesn’t work. [Harms Learning]

● They are easily tempted to rely on content that it’s not original which means that they do not absorb It’s meaning or understand it at a depth necessary for full proficiency. [Harms Learning]

● As more and more fields will adapt different types of AI-based tools, it is essential that students are familiar with the basic concept of these tools and are able to apply them where necessary and appropriate. [Conversation]

● Current research shows that AI has the potential to cut out monotonous aspects of jobs, which is positive and productive, but has the potential of getting rid of tasks done by humans in the labor market. I believe AI is going to be a potentially useful tool to students IF EDUCATED on how to interface with AI ethically and with proper digital literacy capacities. [Conversation]

● There is not a singular answer to the question above, it varies greatly between different subgroups of students. Right now, among some it is perceived as a form of cheating which makes students reluctant to honestly talk about it. I am planning on incorporating AI into some of my lessons next semester to turn it into a learning strategy rather than an enemy, and to help students realize that this is a new workplace tool that they will be using throughout their careers. I think we could use more PD support to increase faculty skills in this direction. [Conversation]