ChatGPT, or GPT for short, has been used commonly in STEM fields. This may sound like a disaster for teachers and for students’ future, but many think it isn’t terrible, considering that GPT can be mainly used for good. Artificial intelligence is substantially changing how students are learning. AI can solve many different problems relating to school.
Many students use AI to learn and to develop their intellectual curiosity without limiting their work capabilities.
“It’s like having a tutor available 24/7,” an anonymous Fourth Former said. “When I’m stuck on a challenging math problem or chemistry problem, I can ask AI to teach me the concept and break it down into understandable parts like a lesson instead of waiting until the next day to ask my teacher.”
Using AI to understand concepts rather than to get answers, he, like many others, sees AI as a learning tool similar to Khan Academy or YouTube tutorials.
Mr. Walters likes to implement problem-solving and critical thinking skills through more teamwork practice instead of individual learning.
Still, Upper School math teacher Mr. Samuel Walters disagrees with this claim, as he believes that solely relying on AI to teach students things is detrimental to student brains. Mr. Walters notes that AI is sometimes wrong or misleading, as it doesn’t have access to our student textbooks and teaching ideals. AI will most of the time take its ideas from websites they find, and most of the time, the concepts are advanced ones that are not taught to high school students.
Mr. Walters likes to implement problem-solving and critical thinking skills through more teamwork practice instead of individual learning.
“I want to see AI used as a learning tool and not a shortcut to answers. I don’t believe in AI since I teach math, but other teachers of STEM may have a different view,” Mr. Walters said.
While Mr. Walters does not use AI, he sometimes worries seeing some students turning to AI immediately after not understanding something.
Despite the controversies, others argue that the ability to study with AI is a crucial STEM skill.
“Using AI for good is a critical skill in many STEM areas to learn and improve at various topics,” Fifth Former Anantvir Othie said. “Learning to work alongside AI, and using it to help practice questions, is preparing us for better things in the future, not cheating our education.”
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