AI IN EDUCATION

DELINQUENTS ABUSING RESOURCES; DIGITAL ART AND DESIGN BY ELLA STINEMAN

The accessibility and utility of artificial intelligence has exploded in recent years, with developments such as ChatGPT and PhotoMath providing free assistance with things like math homework and essays. However, because these applications are virtually unrestricted, students can and do abuse their capabilities to avoid work and effort. This can be harmful to the success of those students who misuse these services.

In CCA, the submission of a written essay in which uncited or prohibited AI was used would result in a failure of that assignment. According to a CCASD regulation about AI and education, “Use of AI in research and graded work by students must include proper source citations. Copyright protections must be strictly adhered to. Students who fail to comply with these requirements may face discipline as stated in relevant district policies” (Regulation 605.08-R(1): Artificial Intelligence in the Education Environment).

But there are still problems with using even properly cited AI as a source on an essay. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in a paper on AI in education, says, “GenAI’s lack of transparency and explainability is increasingly problematic as GenAI becomes ever more complex… often producing unexpected or undesired results. In addition, GenAI models inherit and perpetuate biases present in their training data which, given the non-transparent nature of the models, are hard to detect and address… due to the absence of strict regulations… biased materials generated by GenAI are increasingly spreading throughout the internet, polluting one of the main sources of content or knowledge for most learners across the world… This poses a high risk for young learners who do not have solid prior knowledge of the topic in question” (Miao & Holmes, 2023).