By Samarah Guy  

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Teachers and students are torn on deciding whether or not AI will prove to be beneficial for today’s society. 

Artificial intelligence is a form of computer science that uses human intelligence to do everyday tasks like reasoning, generalizing, discovering meaning and problem solving.  

“I think AI has some good things about it, but I also think it has bad things about it because people come to rely on it more than human creativity,” technology education teacher Mr. Matthew King said.  

Artificial intelligence isn’t always used ethically. Students tend to use it to get quick answers for homework, but this is actually causing a lack of comprehension because no new information is being taken in.  

“I think people need to realize that ethics is also in control of the user,” Mr. King added. “Don’t use it as a substitute for learning, use it as an enhancement.”  

Students use AI as a substitute for their own abilities, resulting in their dependence on technology. It’s less likely for those relying on AI to develop certain skills further such as critical thinking. 

“The most important thing is to not hide from it, but to learn how to use it as a tool,” English teacher Mrs. Mary Logan said.  

Some teachers may even use AI to help make plans for upcoming classes, as well as for referencing when they need a quick and direct answer.  

“I have used artificial intelligence predominantly to generate things that I used to have to come up with on my own,” Mrs. Logan said. “For example, if I want to play a game … with vocabulary words, now I can go into chat AI and say, ‘give me sentences for each word using context clues.’”  

Students can also use AI in beneficial ways like checking over answers, receiving direct answers to questions or even to study.

“I use it as a search engine whenever I have a really specific question that google can’t answer,” senior Aryana Galdo said. “… once it can be integrated without completely diminishing a system, I think it could be capitalized on.”  

Artificial intelligence has the potential to be beneficial for everyone without negatively affecting some; however, it still has kinks that need to be ironed out before it can get to that point.  

“It’s meant to be help to you not the reason you get it right,” math teacher Mr. Matthew Sofran said.