7 ways in which AI might already be deepening the educational divide 1. AI-assisted learning tools create a 'pay-to-excel' system. 2. Students using said models uncritically will, ironically, risk eroding their own learning potential. 3. AI detectors flagging supposedly AI-generated content makes student life exceedingly difficult and random at certain institutions. 4. Institutions with fewer means will likely experience a student base with more advanced understanding of AI potentials than its own faculty. 5. Such institutions will likely have a hard time keeping up with ethics, legal, copyright, environmental, and other AI-related challenges. 6. The gap in AI research capabilities between well-funded and under-resourced institutions will likely lead to an uneven concentration of AI innovation and talent. 7. As AI becomes increasingly integrated into job recruitment and career advancement, students from AI-savvy institutions will have a significant advantage in the job market, potentially creating a new form of systemic inequality that extends well beyond graduation. The promise was democratization. And we might still get there. But it is just as likely generative AI might just enhance societal injustices if we are not careful.
Kellie A.
6mo
It's very hard to foster creativity and innovation when students start to rely on GenAI for all problem-solving scenarios...Democratization as a service perhaps?
Benny Pan
6mo
Excellent insights. We've been talking about this in a national conference in New Zealand. What is more concerning is the exponential nature illustrated in water drop stadium analogy. Many educators aren't prepared for sudden surge of AI in the near future
Paul Matthews
6mo
I think it's precisely posts like this that will help us get the best out of AI. I see this as a fantastic roadmap of what not to do - a better understanding of the possible problems will help us explore the possibilities.
John Dolman
6mo
It's a useful reminder - we need to keep a watchful eye on how AI develops and ensure the worst does not come to pass.
Kurt Burkum
6mo
Very helpful and informative.
I have been thinking about this all weekend too!
I saw this quote the ither day that "AI gives the wealthy the ability to access skill while removing the ability of the skilled to access wealth" and every day it seems more and more accurate. I wonder if the skilled are offering free training to AI models now, only to see them paywalled in the near future...
Special Consultant | AI + Education Innovator | Transforming Learning through Artificial Intelligence
6moI certainly hope we killed off all use of AI detection tools a long time ago. If any institutions still use that kind of tool, it's serious negligence. "Everybody" knows that AI detection tools is nowhere near acceptable. If you happen to work in a place that engages in using such a tool, please let the responsible person know that it doesn't work!