Forum: Let’s evolve with AI in education, not fight against it
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I am saddened to hear of students being accused of cheating for using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in schools. It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell when AI has been used and when it hasn’t.
AI can be a powerful tool for teachers and students. It excels at information, logic and synthesis, but not at the deeply human elements of education.
Rather than fighting against AI, let us evolve with it.
Instead of banning or policing AI use, educators should focus on adapting our assessment methods to this new reality.
For example, students could be presented with an AI-generated essay containing errors, and asked to identify and correct those flaws. Or, students could be given an AI-written piece and asked how they would improve it.
There could also be more oral submissions where students must explain and defend their ideas, or demonstrate their creative thinking live.
AI need not be the end of honest academic effort. The future belongs to those who know how to work with AI, not hide from it.
Lim Poh Seng
