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I’m a teacher, and my school *requires* the use of AI. They get upset when we’re not willing to try certain things, and it’s really getting to me. I don’t want to use it in my classroom. It goes against my morals. But I don’t know how to tell them that.
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Anonymous 16h

I’m just curious, how does it go against your morals?

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Anonymous 16h

Do you know if any of your coworkers feel the same way? Maybe you could organize something

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

Yeah there are actually a lot of us that feel the same, so we probably could. We don’t work for a public school though so some things like this can be pretty tricky

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 16h

I think it’s actively dumbing society down, and I hate what it’s doing to the earth. I don’t like that it’s being forced into almost everything, I think it’s wrong how it invades privacy, and I hate how it affects the arts.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16h

Hmmm but if you don’t teach them to use AI they’ll be behind with the real world/tech. AI is a tool if taught right

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16h

Also I can have the same claim about Excel, yet teachers use it and encourage students to use it, why?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

AI is a tool that is encouraging people to accept false information as true, it is harming our planet, and it is plagiarizing art. Just because it is a new tool doesn’t mean it should be used. I understand the uses for it, and I understand it being helpful, but the pros could never outweigh the cons in my opinion. I will not teach with something I think is so harmful and unnecessary.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

And Excel is a closed tool. It has its functions and yes, it does cut down on work. But it is not stealing intellectual property or feeding people lies that it passes off as true in order to validate people’s experiences. Excel is more comparable to a calculator. Not artificial intelligence.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13h

AI is good when used for efficiency not a full replacement, it’s only bad for people that 100% rely on it. For example it’d be faster to have AI create a curriculum, and then manually review and correct/adjust it, than to write one from scratch. I work in tech and we have some employees that are still against using it too, but because of that they take 4-5x as long to produce the same work. They have the same thinking as you do, and whether it’s right or wrong it’s the direction the worlds going

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13h

So it’s pretty much adapt or fall behind. So I understand not wanting ti use it, but they’ll all future teachers will be, so it’ll be hard to maintain your job. Definitely a changing word, programmers that got into because they enjoy writing code are now not even writing code and miserable. Times are just changing :/

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12h

Hmm okay based off your opinion I can say okay, but if I had to interfere your opinion I’d heavily disagree but anyways, I was just curious how you think

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12h

You can use AI the same way u use Excel, limited, which again comes down to how you teach others how to use AI and how to benefit from it. You can use Excel for all types of calculations and never touch a calculator again, doesn’t sound helpful if ur just relying on that.. which is why we’re taught how do math on paper and how to use Excel, so we have both. Same with AI.

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