5 concerns about AI in education

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🤖 The promises and perils of AI in education

The hype is here. The hype about AI.

It’s all over the world — and it’s in our schools and classrooms, too.

There’s plenty of talk about how to use it and what it will do.

There’s not enough talk about the concerns. And there should be. We need to protect ourselves.

In their book The Promises and Perils of AI in Education, Ken Shelton and Dee Lanier highlight lots of things we need to watch — and act on — in education … and even in classrooms.

I outlined all five of these in detail in this new blog post — 5 concerns about AI in education …

1. AI bias can impact students and schools in ways we might not expect. (Especially in hiring. AI-driven resume sorting is becoming widespread, and AI bias can impact it. In the book they write: “You’ve built a biased system right from the start.” 🔥)

2. Keep humans in the loop in high-stakes decisions in education. (Admissions. High-stakes testing. Advanced and remedial paths for students. We can’t turn these important decisions over to AI.)

3. AI doesn’t help us break down historical injustices. It only reinforces them. (What happens when we use pre-existing data that is harmful to others — or is skewed based on injustice?)

4. AI poses personal and academic threats to students. (AI detectors and deepfakes can wreck students’ reputations — and even their future.)

5. Protect student data and privacy. (Data is big business. When businesses want our students’ data, it’s our job to protect them.)

Read about each of these five — with short excerpts from the book — in our blog post: 5 concerns about AI in education.

Or just get the book and read it! The Promises and Perils of AI in Education by Ken Shelton and Dee Lanier

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