My sincere thanks to those who helped support the creation of The Beyond ChatGPT series by subscribing to my newsletter. Your continued support has helped me carve out the time to research AI’s impact on skill development this summer. I’m committed to keeping the content of this series open to all. Moving forward, I’ll be revisiting each one of these past essays to explore ways educators can ethically use AI with students to help them learn or ways they can include intentional friction in the learning process to counter AI’s marketing promise of a frictionless learning experience.
Recent experiences have convinced me that, in higher education, we need to explore ethics and responsible use in the broader context of disciplines and professions. We can have general discussions but the most fruitful ones may be more focused.
Meanwhile, the recent behavior of some companies have raised so many red flags that need broader discussion, that we clearly do need general fora.
On a personal level, I am embracing friction. I find myself writing much more by longhand and transcribing it to the computer. It is helping, a lot.
Uncritical adoption of AI is like sticking your head through some railings and knowing that it will be very hard to withdraw from this use. I don't wish to be shackled in this way because I have more than enough to say without the words being presented as if they were mine when they are not.
Recent experiences have convinced me that, in higher education, we need to explore ethics and responsible use in the broader context of disciplines and professions. We can have general discussions but the most fruitful ones may be more focused.
Meanwhile, the recent behavior of some companies have raised so many red flags that need broader discussion, that we clearly do need general fora.
On a personal level, I am embracing friction. I find myself writing much more by longhand and transcribing it to the computer. It is helping, a lot.
"Intentional Friction" is going to live in my head all summer in thinking about next school year—a very worthwhile goal to pursue in our classrooms.
Uncritical adoption of AI is like sticking your head through some railings and knowing that it will be very hard to withdraw from this use. I don't wish to be shackled in this way because I have more than enough to say without the words being presented as if they were mine when they are not.