“I think it is a good thing for students to disconnect from their addiction anyway.”
So Idecided to askteachers and professors in theBuzzFeed Communityhow student AI use is changing their classrooms.
Here are some of their most interesting stories:
1.
“I teach media studies at the college level.
In a nutshell, it’s just absolutely baffling the level of laziness that AI use shows.
I stared at it for about a minute and a half just trying to process what I was reading.
“I guess I learned something about soil management…thanks, ChatGPT?”
visionarywitch14
2.
This is only going to get worse.
It amazes me that students dont know what a comma is in middle school.”
“Spanish teacher here.
Handwritten, all work done in class.
All the Chromebooks go on the counter, where students can’t access them.”
“Creative writing and publishing student here.
daynam4b6e28fa3
5.
It’s been the law for a couple of years now.
Anonymous
7.
“It has exposed new levels of student laziness.
lovelytortoise925
8.
“It’s less students using AI and more everyone else.
Standardized tests are being written using it, and we can tell.
The tests were already garbage and biased, but now they are riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes.”
“I’m not a teacher; I’m a mature-age student getting my BA in design.
My teachers still can’t tell when students use AI!
Our online discussion board is just stupid.
The discussions mean nothing.
“AI doesn’t give room for critical thinking.
Students depend so much on the output of AI and give it no kind of mental review.
This encourages a lack of discipline among the students.
They can’t recognize disinformation.
They should be made to understand the need for critical thinking.”
“The students don’t know anything.
They think using AI to cheat is the same as learning the information for themselves.
Imagine you’re having surgery and your doctor uses AI to fudge his way through medical school.
Or you drive across a bridge built by an engineer who cheated by using AI.
“The majority of my students either do not speak English or just learned English within the school year.
“The AI expects students to verbally reply to various prompts within specific time frames.
Naturally, this frustrates kids and takes a large toll on their confidence in speaking the new language.
meebz2173
13.
“I’m a ninth-grade Spanish teacher.
My students have writing tests that they pop in on their computers at the end of each unit.
It’s frustrating to have to run it through an indicator if the essay looks too good.”
14.And finally: “I teach computer science at the high school level.
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
