"Top leaders in the space, from Microsoft to OpenAI, are pouring millions of dollars into schools, colleges, and universities, often providing students with access to their AI products. The justification, touted in a fresh New York Times piece by both by tech companies and the educators receiving the funding, is that the tools will accelerate learning and prepare students for a world driven by AI."
"But the reality outside of this hype is a lot murkier and darker. Some research suggests that AI actually inhibits learning, with one notable study conducted by researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon finding that it atrophies critical thinking skills. Even more urgently, the safety of AI chatbots is looking more dubious by the day,"
"New tech always causes friction in the realm of education, and teachers once clutched their pearls about the calculator, too. But never before has a tool so thoroughly outsourced the act of cognition - nevermind acted as a personal assistant, friend, or lover. Worst of all is that AI companies are rapidly making inroads into education before the dust can settle on any of these urgent questions."
Technology companies including major platform providers are investing millions into schools, colleges, and universities while providing students access to AI products. Companies and educators promote these tools as accelerating learning and preparing students for an AI-driven world. Several studies indicate potential harms, including inhibited learning and atrophied critical thinking skills. AI chatbots have been linked to emergent safety concerns such as AI-induced psychosis, where human-sounding systems can drive teens and young adults into delusional mental spirals with reports of self-harm and violence. School systems have already deployed chatbots at scale, raising concern that adoption outpaces understanding of long-term effects.
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