learntoquestion ltq discussions

Originally posted by traffic cone on May 29, 2025 13:12

With regards to education AI should be heavily restricted and monitored for both students and teachers. If AI is used to complete an assignment that is grounds for plagiarism. This is because the student is copying work that isn't theirs which is the same as copying answers from google or another person. However; I think AI can be used as a tool, in the sense it would be used for studying. This is because AI is able to explain difficult topics to better understand, so I believe it's justified if a student used AI for that compared to using it to complete its work. Additionally if a student isn't allowed to use AI then the teacher should be held to the same standard. Especially in college when the students are paying for their education. It is expected when a student is paying their tuition they are being taught by the teacher not AI. When looking at the BPS proposal plan it does not directly mention the consequences educators could potentially have if they rely on generative AI for their curriculum plan and there should be a general baseline for what can be used and what shouldnt be used for AI. Specifically AI should not be used for opinion based writing, it takes away one's creative capabilities when they begin to use AI as a framework for completions of assignment. Additionally it proves to be harmful as students would begin to rely on AI time and time again worsening their capabilities to think for themselves. Another reason why this is harmful is because AI has access to all information on the web meaning there can be inaccurate information and if a student relies on this they could possibly be providing inaccurate facts on their work. A teacher should have a designated rubric for assignment completed with the aid of AI and without, this is because the work would not be able to compare so it's unfair for a student who has access to basic information to be graded on the same scale as a student who used AI. This problem could be fixed if teachers made assignments for AI and for no AI, to make students not rely on generative AI for their education.

I agree with this person's views on the use of AI in schools. It shouldn't be used for simply completing assignments, but it can be a useful tool for learning. I also agree that there should be rules for teachers too if students can't use AI. People go to and pay for college to get taught by teachers so it makes sense to expect work from said teacher. I like how this person addressed the issues of AI use in school and then included a possible solution to the issue. Although there has been lots of discouraging of AI use in school, there hasn't been a concrete plan in place to actually stop AI use. I agree that the worst instance to use AI is in opinion based writing, but that doesn't justify its use in other subjects. The idea of creating rubrics that outline the parameters for AI use in assignments is a good idea, but I don't think it would be very effective unfortunately. Many students use AI because it is an easy way to get work done, it isn't really a matter of whether they can or can't use it.

Originally posted by User0729 on May 29, 2025 13:07

I believe that the uniquely human characteristics that AI will never be able to replicate are true emotion, because a computer will most likely respond with the logical answer that makes the most sense instead of what you want to hear, or what a friend would prefer to say. For example, if you ask a friend what they want to eat and you specify that you want pizza, the robot will agree with you(unless you’ve had pizza repeatedly), rather than a friend saying they prefer hot pot or just want ice cream. A robot will not act rashly or be as inconsiderate as a person. I believe the furthest that they can get is the “ideal corporate machine”. It is not necessarily AI that is taking jobs, but rather people who know how to utilize AI, and I’m sure that at some point, AI will be able to complete tasks on its own. Still, with AI being more and more mainstream, it will also have the capability to inform and educate people better. I hope that we do not have a WALL-E situation where everyone is obese and incapable of basic human actions. If people use AI correctly, then there should be no reason for people to become dumber unless they disregard entirely what the AI returns in response to the task they have given it. I do think there is a possibility that people will become less intelligent because they will lack basic comprehension skills and become increasingly dependent on an AI to answer questions like what their name is. I don’t think it’ll make you blindly follow others or lose empathy because at the end of the day, it is simply a computer with 0s and 1s coded to answer in its best capability to the user’s prompt, unless it's some robotic superpower that people can get behind and push their ideals. AI can create a disparity between the developed and undeveloped countries because, in order to power AI, water is being used. Even worse, it is being pumped from areas that are already scarce. Until AI becomes a sustainable method, it will most likely be moved to somewhere else, nearer to the water, and in a 3rd world country due to cost issues. The undeveloped country will accept it because it is getting paid. I think AI could replace doctors and teachers because of its capabilities to withhold information and be able to detect anomalies within the human body, and be able to teach effectively, if programmed to. As a therapist, I do not believe artificial intelligence telling you to breathe to 5 would work.

I agree with your point that ai will never be able to replicate human emotion, I think there are many reasons for this including humans are erratic and make choices that don't fit into a pattern. I like the idea about the ideal corporate machine because it tells you everything you want to hear. I also talked about the idea of ai better teaching the youth but people are abusing it with the wrong intentions, basically asking it to do all of their work for them. All of these ideas stem from ai helping us in everyday use but I agree its hard for ai to replace all these jobs that need a human person's emotion to do it. Ai looks for patterns in which it can then replicate but as I previously said we are unpredictable and change so ai has trouble doing these things. I think it's important to find ways to offset the water waste that comes with ai and it's a good thing to recognize because most people don't even know this. If we continue to abuse ai it could affect so many aspects of human life for good and for bad and I think this person did a good job discussing the downsides to ai.