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<\/a><\/p>\nSURPRISE!<\/strong> The last three paragraphs were generated by ChatGPT concerning the problems with programs like ChatGPT. I typed in \u201cProblems with AI in 100 words\u201d and I had four paragraphs written in 3 seconds. (I deleted one)<\/p>\n 3 seconds.<\/p>\n This was the first time I\u2019ve ever used it and honestly\u2026. I can see the draw and the benefit. It saved me time and gave me some good information. It can take me a while to unload and organize my thoughts when I\u2019m writing. Later, I asked ChatGPT some questions about things I\u2019ve researched extensively and\u2026. it was fairly accurate.<\/p>\n I assumed it just gives information without any kind of personality, until I asked it to tell me about the same subject with humor and it blew my mind a little. It read like Melissa McCarthy. AI could be incredibly helpful in several ways in all fields, especially to point someone in certain directions for further research. I also see how educators, writers, and content creators are threatened by it.<\/p>\n Not me, I\u2019m sold, I\u2019ll never write another paper again. This will save me thousands of hours. Enjoy the rest of my ChatGPT blogs!<\/p>\n In all seriousness, I\u2019ve not only paid little attention to AI, but I\u2019ve had a bit of an aversion to it. Mainly, because I love the process of learning, reflecting, and wrestling with material until I feel I\u2019m grasping an idea or subject. AI has the potential to forfeit that process of genuine understanding, which is part of what this week\u2019s media content covered.<\/p>\n In a world where computer software programs can write our papers, what type of new standards or educational protocols will need to be implemented to ensure students are adequality understanding their respective fields of expertise? As one of our AI content videos mentioned, oral exams may have to increase to ensure learning outcomes have been reached.<\/p>\n However, it is highly unlikely that AI is going away. I view it like the internet. We might as well embrace the fact that a new technology is emerging in our world and is here to stay. We can fight against it or find ways to best utilize it as a valuable resource while also navigating its economic, moral, and educational impact on society.<\/p>\n One benefit of AI may be that educational systems will be forced to rethink the learning processes to ensure students are grasping the material, not just submitting AI generated papers, which may ultimately encourage students to think deeper and more comprehensibly about subjects. \u00a0On the other hand, as Dr. McKnight explains, higher education will inevitably need to find ways on how to best incorporate AI into learning for cognitive offloading and greater effectiveness. [1]<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking of which, the National Library of Medicine wrote an article discussing the capabilities and future of AI to scan patient records, medical history, symptoms, and test results to diagnose and even treat illnesses in patients. This type of in-depth analysis, in that amount of time, is not feasible for human brains. AI can analyze large quantities of data and catch patterns quicker than we are able to now. [2]<\/a><\/p>\n Circling back to ensuring students are understanding the material and loving the process of learning, the authors in the book Gamestorming<\/em> make a good point about the goal of games. Getting to the finish line is not the point of most games, playing<\/em> is the point<\/em>. [3]<\/a> \u00a0Enjoying the strategizing and discovery along with other people in this suspended space is the goal. I feel the same way about education. Although I want a diploma, and like the idea of having a few more letters behind my name for extra street cred, that is not the goal. The process of reading, learning, writing, and discussing with others is shaping something in me that ChatGPT generated papers or OpenAI essays can\u2019t do. \u00a0There are no short cuts in developing ourselves, our minds, or our being.<\/p>\n As for other dangers and limitations of AI, it is like the internet in its reliability, if not worse at some points. Michael Webb mentioned that AI has been shown to generate information that is incorrect. [4]<\/a> \u00a0To compound the issue, the sources listed to support information given can also be fabricated. [5]<\/a><\/p>\n With every new discovery, revelation, or major shift in history there is always a period of social and moral chaos. Television, cloning, Darwinism, the internet, life support machines, guns, birth control, and now AI. Our faith tradition records how new things bring chaos in the book of Acts when large amounts of non-Jews were embracing a Jewish faith. Meetings were had and questions were raised. What Jewish laws should these non-Jews keep? Circumcision? Eating food offered to idols? What standards should they be held to? What ultimately matters to God? \u00a0What do our Scriptures say?<\/p>\n Although there was a period of making new standards and laws for Gentiles, Paul eventually lands on infusing the Spirit of Christ into everything we do, \u201c\u2026against such there is no law.\u201d (Galatians 5:22-23) and the details work themselves out eventually in communities willing to discuss issues prayfully and openly. I believe this advice is essential for Christ followers who are navigating the ethics and impact of AI technology. Personally, I believe a Spirit led; well informed approach allows people of faith, not fear, to navigate anything the 21st\u00a0<\/sup>century throws at us (including aliens, but that’s another blog!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [1]<\/a> 1. \u201cEight Ways to Engage with AI Writers in Higher Education,\u201d THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect, October 14, 2022, https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/campus\/eight-ways-engage-ai-writers-higher-education<\/a>.<\/p>\n [2]<\/a> 1. Mugahed A Al-Antari, \u201cArtificial Intelligence for Medical Diagnostics-Existing and Future AI Technology!,\u201d Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), February 12, 2023, https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9955430\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n [3]<\/a> Gray, Dave, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers<\/em>. Beijing Boston Farnham Sebastopol Tokyo: O\u2019Reilly, 2010.<\/p>\n