What is your opinion on kids using AI to write papers, letters, etc.?

I just used it to make some emails grammatically correct, and sound more professional/appealing. It has a place in the world. Saved me time.

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Big push in education to harness how it's used.

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I’ve heard ai can write a children’s book about changing your gender in less than 30 minutes

I think it should be removed from schools until the 10th grade level.

I just used AI to summarize an analyst report for documentation yesterday. But I had to write correct prompts and understand what I was looking for, what was relevant, what was incorrect, what looked funky, etc.

I’m not discounting how much AI will be used in a professional setting in 10-15 years, but it means nothing when 60% of students can’t read or write.

AI is great for thank you letters.

We're seeing it on the professional end as well. I've heard of therapists using AI to write their session notes. I don't feel anywhere comfortable enough to input potential client identifiers to do something like that.

General treatment planning it can be helpful, for generating potential interventions or something like that. I don't like the idea of going beyond that.

I also did a CEU last year that talked about using it to identify whether a client was suicidal. Basically you would open up the AI program to "listen" during the session and it would potentially pick up cues that could suggest the client was suicidal. Again, I have bigger concerns about the security of doing something like that. And I think the program that was suggested was something like $30,000 a year and it's not near worth that.

It's an interesting question. On one hand, AI will be used in tandem with humans in the workforce, so it is important to learn how to use it. BUT, over-reliance on it, like you said, will be our downfall. I don't think the use of AI as an aid should be part of curriculum until college. Kids should understand what AI and how to use it, but when it comes to learning, that should all be 100% human driven. Kids need to train their brains so that they will understand how to responsibly use AI when they are adults. It shouldn't be that kids let AI do the heavy lifting in their education instead of their brain. Because when they become adults, AI will be their brain. They won't have the ability to think for themselves.

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I've heard of therapists using AI to write their session notes.

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If the AI they are using is public facing (like OpenAI), that could be a HIPAA violation.

Its just the next step in stunting the creativity and critical thinking of young people, making the future world increasingly boring and uninteresting.

I'm using ChatGPT as a integral tool for software engineering. Like the calculator, it's a tool that improved the workflow and efficiency of those who know how to use them. ChatGPT takes a lot of the repetitive work out of my job and speeds things up. That being said, you still have to be a skilled programmer to verify the work and tweak it to your specific needs.

It has replaced Stack Overflow and Google for me almost entirely. It's not going away, so might as well learn how to use it to improve your life and skill sets.