So, should we really use AI when we have a road block in our brain? I’m not so sure. From an educator’s perspective, absolutely not. This is considered plagiarism if one claims the work to be their own. However, from a personal perspective, I can understand why someone would turn to artificial intelligence to help get their brain juices flowing.

But honestly, from a view of caution, I think that this could be dangerous. Now we are opening ourselves up to training artificial intelligence to write entire novels. Artificial intelligence is already able to analyze data and make citations (although most people have to pay to use those advanced tools.) It is only a matter of time before artificial intelligence will be able to write entire dissertations. So, while we can use AI to help hit the gas pedal, I really don’t think we should. I think it’s dangerous. By using artificial intelligence to write paragraphs for you, and then by using a few of the given lines to craft your own paragraph, I do think it constitutes an act of plagiarism. Plus, I don’t think it’s a good look for an author to give credit to artificial intelligence when writing their book (because it’s lazy). The whole point of writing is to write. I just think it is dangerous to do.

With regard to the documentary, here is what I have to say. It is irresponsible to say that artificial intelligence will be the “one of the greatest boosts to productivity, in the history of our species” (Suleyman.) It is an irresponsible statement because we are actively training artificial intelligence to be smarter than humans, and we are calling it an “increase in productivity.” The scary thing, is that AI machines have a LOT of stamina, and can provide answers faster than humans can. With the example of the chess game, if artificial intelligence can figure out how to prevent their human opponent from beating them in a game of chess, they can most definitely use that math to figure out other ways of doing things, (like dangerous things.)

This may be an “A.I” revolution, but I fear that we are headed towards this becoming an A.I. domination, where we will end up in a dystopic reality similar to the movie “I, Robot.”

Hello,

My name is Michael Kirschner. I am a graduate student here at Kean University. I completed my B.A. in English Education last year at Kean, and I currently teach middle school English/Language Arts at a middle/high school in Middlesex County.

There are some things that you all need to know about me. I can, at times, be hot headed. If you’ve ever watched the show “Vice Principals,” I’m like a Lee Russell type of person. Although, I must say I am a LOT nicer than he is.

I went into the field of teaching because I struggled a lot during high school. I won’t dwell on my history too much, but long story short, I had an I.E.P. and I had to work twice as hard as everyone else (because there wasn’t A.I.) Now that I’m an educator, I am very interested in exploring this course. Just today, I was annotating The Giver, and in doing so, I noticed that the questions I had artificial intelligence create, were just terrible. They weren’t in chronological order, and there were some questions that had nothing to do with the related chapter. I will say that artificial intelligence is a TOOL to be used, and not a SYSTEM to replace something.

Aside from all of that, I’m in this program because I hope that one day I will be able to return to Kean for my M.A. in Educational Administration, and then back again for my Ed.D in Educational Administration. I hope to shine the light on the issues surrounding teacher evaluation instruments. I also hope to maybe become an adjunct professor in the English department at Kean.

From listening to the podcast, something made me wonder about teacher evaluations. Now that we have artificial intelligence, I wonder how often administrators put their observation notes into an AI bot, and have it score the teacher based on the provided evaluation instrument. Honestly, this all concerns me. For generations, the Receiver is instructed by the Elders to shield the community from pain, color, and anything tied to imagination. As Dr. Zamora emphasized, we cannot afford to lose our creativity and imagination. Jonas comes to understand that a society built on complete automation and control is not truly humane, which ultimately drives him to escape the community. The question then becomes: will we willingly transform our own society into a dystopia where artificial intelligence automates everything, or will we choose to use it thoughtfully—as a tool, and nothing more?