How much do high school student use AI to do their school work?
Critical Analysis
Find answers to the following questions using the visual above, any links below, your big brain, and your knowledge of American government and politics:
A majority of U.S. teens say they use AI chatbots, including about three-in-ten who do so daily. According to the visual above, what percent of teens use AI chatbots to get help with schoolwork?
According to the visual above, what is the top reasons teens use AI chatbots?
Identify the top three things you use AI chatbots to do.
Describe your school policy on using AI chatbots to get help with school work.
Describe your personal policy on using AI chatbots to get help with school work.
Describe how the use of AI chatbots at school impacts student learning.
Concerns about young people using chatbots for companionship have caught the attention of parents, advocates and lawmakers. What policy do you think states, districts, or schools should make regarding the use of AI chatbots at school.
Do you think an AI chatbot wrote this question and how would you know if it did?
According to the visual below, for a minority of teens, chatbots have become a go-to tool for much of their schoolwork. One-in-ten teens say they do all or most of their schoolwork with chatbots’ help. Larger shares say they do some (21%) or a little (23%) of their schoolwork with the help of a chatbot. Another 45% haven’t used them in this way. Describe the impact on learning on a student - let’s call him Ken - who uses AI to do all or most of their schoolwork.
Recent breakthroughs have accelerated worries that AI may soon replace humans in the workforce on a massive scale. How do you think AI is going to impact you in the long term?
Write and Discuss
Take ten minutes to write about the question at the top of the page and then discuss with your classmates.
Act on your Learning
Read this report on AI and try not to cry.
Get Creative
Ask an AI chatbot to write an essay about how AI is impacting learning. Pretend it is your own work and turn it in to your best friend for a grade.
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