Artificial Intelligence

NPR -  The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently outweigh the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education. The study found that using AI in education can "undermine children's foundational development" and that "the damages it has already caused are daunting," though fixable. Here’s what the report discovered:

💻 AI can help students learn how to read and write. It has been found to be most effective when supplementing, rather than replacing, the efforts of a teacher. 
💻 Students increasingly offloading their own thinking onto the technology can lead to the kind of cognitive decline more commonly associated with aging brains.
💻 An issue with kids' overuse of AI is that the technology has been designed to reinforce users' beliefs, which can be a concern when it comes to developing social-emotional skills. 

Explore these recommendations to help harness the benefits of AI without exposing children to the risks that the technology currently poses.