‘Whether you like it or not it’s here.’ Educator, expert weigh pros and cons of AI

By Elly Morillo and News 12 Staff
Broadcast on News 12 The Bronx on September 28, 2023

With the world’s introduction to artificial intelligence, there may be some pros and cons to consider when putting it to use.

Some growing concerns are that artificial intelligence could be used for assignments in the classroom, but educators say it’s not that easy. “Getting students, teenagers who at times can be lazy, I can be lazy too to be able to acknowledge that, that it can be a tool, a resource and not do my work for me,” says Marisa Shuman at The Young Women’s Leadership School of the Bronx.

“They prompted me and said Miss can you please get Chat GPT to write us a lesson and so we did that, and they did a lesson on wearable technology and then critiqued it, and the overwhelming decision was that the lesson that Chat GPT made was not as engaging or informative as the lesson that I made,” says Shuman.