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he way, it’s going to be the norm in the working world anyway? Excuse me for being a woefully ignorant (and unemployed) teenager but I’m pretty sure we haven’t taken AI <i>that far </i>yet, have we? Otherwise, we might as well just embrace WALL-E right now.</p><p id="4649">Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.</p><div id="4ad9" class="link-block">
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<h2>On Being an American High Schooler in the Age of ChatGPT</h2>
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</div><p id="479e">For context, teachers have been drilling into our heads for the past year that if they even <i>suspect</i> that AI did your homework you would receive a big fat zero. Harsh? Maybe. But we’re talking about education here, not some sci-fi experiment gone wild. And speaking of the “world of work,” I’m pretty sure most Medium publications have a similar no-tolerance stance towards AI.</p><p id="b7ee">When AI first become mainstream, I was falsely accused of using AI to complete homework assignments simply because I “write too good.” I know others who have had similar situations happen to them. Especially older teachers and professors are more likely to arbitrarily declare something AI-generated simply because it’s well-written. I even taught my English teacher how to use an AI detector and interpret the percentages it gives you. Meanwhile, I’m pretty sure there are plenty of people who are actuall
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y using AI to cheat, making a strict no-tolerance stance justified. (If this is you, go ask ChatGPT to generate some morals for you).</p><p id="7757">The irony is not lost on me. It’s becoming a peculiar world where students teach their teachers the nuances of technology, bridging the widening generational gap in understanding.</p><p id="5822" type="7">As someone with potentially seven or eight more years of secondary and post-secondary education ahead of him, I quite literally have absolutely no idea what that will look like. It’s daunting.</p><p id="c23a">I’m all for progress and preparing students for the future (I’m literally one of them), but this feels like we’re skipping a few crucial steps here. What about critical thinking? Creativity? Learning how to actually research and write? Are we just going to let AI do all the heavy lifting while we sit back and watch? Call me an old-fashioned 16 year old and tell me <i>you </i>wouldn’t be unsettled by living in a world where several of your classmate’s English papers were written by some algorithm <i>and </i>they receive an A for it.</p><p id="6d70">Just… no. Alas, that’s our world.</p><p id="d29e">I do want to be clear — I’m not anti-AI. AI has huge potential for literally all the reasons every other <a href="https://medium.com/tag/ai">article on AI</a> mentions. But how AI is upending our education system is being completely underreported in our current narrative and collective discourse. Everyone keeps saying that we are living in a momentous time; standing on the precipice of something revolutionary and new.</p><p id="b30e">How are we supposed to navigate it?</p><p id="f936"><i>I would love to read your thoughts in the comments, so drop one below! By the way, I’m not abandoning Medium — I promise! :) School is just super busy. See you around and thanks for reading! ~ Aiden ❤️</i></p></article></body>
