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OPINION: Searching for clarity in a post-AI classroom

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As a junior at the University of New Mexico studying statistics and English, I regularly see the impact of artificial intelligence in the classroom. Students use it to help complete assignments and teachers use it to create assignments. Yet, in class, it seems to be a taboo subject. My teachers rarely mention it, even in their syllabuses. They often issue only blanket statements about 鈥渁cademic dishonesty,鈥 but that has become much more complicated in today鈥檚 world. This lack of communication is extremely confusing and frustrating.

In my statistics class this semester, the professor encourages AI 鈥 if we have questions he tells us to ask Copilot; he uses it for lectures; he uses it for the course website. However, while I know he wants us to use AI, I don鈥檛 know the extent to which I should be using it. Can I have it code for me, analyze and summarize data, or should I just use it when I have questions?

The most obvious answer to me is that I should only use it when I have questions and should try everything else by myself. I would learn the material more thoroughly that way, while still learning the technology. Yet, I have two internships, and at both, I am encouraged to use chatbots to refine my tasks. So, should I refrain from using AI and possibly better learn the theory behind the material, or should I use AI and better prepare myself for the workforce?

I would hope a professor has the expertise to guide me in this decision 鈥 after all, they know the material and the best way to teach it. Yet, many of my professors do not give this guidance. Students are forced to make their own decisions, resulting in a wide range of students on different levels of the AI-use spectrum, which fundamentally changes the worth and meaning of the class. A person who used AI for every assignment, for example, would learn different things than a person who didn鈥檛.

On the first day of my creative writing class this semester, the professor asked our small class how we felt about AI. After a few minutes of discussion, we concluded that AI should not be used in our stories under any circumstances. It was a relatively simple decision. By opening up a conversation surrounding AI in the classroom, we could all feel more comfortable with our own work, each other鈥檚 work and the value of the class as a whole. But in other classes, it might be harder to reach a consensus on AI.

My statistics class, for example, would benefit from clearer AI guidelines. What rules we must follow for using AI to code, decipher data, ask questions, help with projects or refrain from using it don鈥檛 really matter. What matters is clarity on the expectations for students.

Aaron Sheffield is a junior at the University of New Mexico. He is an intern at the 近距离内射合集.

Editor鈥檚 note: This is the first in a new series in the Journal Opinion page: Classroom Corner. We鈥檙e interested in publishing opinions from students in college and younger about their perspectives or policy suggestions for the city, state or education system. If you鈥檙e interested in getting a letter published, please email it to students@abqjournal.com.