{"id":18149,"date":"2023-07-06T11:05:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=18149"},"modified":"2023-07-06T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:06:30","slug":"bookmarked-generative-ai-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/bookmarked-generative-ai-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookmarked: Generative Ai in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-indieblocks-bookmark\"><div class=\"u-bookmark-of h-cite\"><p><i>Bookmarked <a class=\"u-url p-name\" href=\"https:\/\/codeactsineducation.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/30\/degenerative-ai-in-education\/\">Degenerative AI in education<\/a> by <span class=\"p-author\">Ben Williamson<\/span>.<\/i><\/p><\/div><div class=\"e-content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>But what if, instead of being generative of educational transformations, AI in education proves to be degenerative\u2014deteriorating rather than improving classroom practices, educational relations and wider systems of schooling?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve read this a couple of time, and probably need a couple more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess, like other technologies that have entered the classroom, we are very much in the hands of the powerful. We get the technology we are given. Usually at a low cost, but perhaps at a high price?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a side note, Jetpack now offers to change the tone of what I write with AI. Here is the humorous rewrite of the previous paragraph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oh boy, here we go again! So, like with all these fancy gadgets invading our classrooms, it&#8217;s like we&#8217;re in the mercy of the almighty powerful people. They just hand us whatever technology they please, usually for a bargain, but are we really getting a steal or selling our souls? I mean, seriously, the price we pay might just be way more than we bargained for! Can&#8217;t we get some high-end tech without compromising our wallets and our sanity?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/bookmarked-generative-ai-in-education\/tone-choice-in-jetpack-ai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tone-choice-in-jetpack-AI.png\" data-orig-size=\"410,832\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tone-choice-in-jetpack-AI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tone-choice-in-jetpack-AI.png\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tone-choice-in-jetpack-AI.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the choices of Tone in jetpacks AI\" class=\"wp-image-18153\" width=\"205\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tone-choice-in-jetpack-AI.png 410w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tone-choice-in-jetpack-AI-306x620.png 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But what if, instead of being generative of educational transformations, AI in education proves to be degenerative\u2014deteriorating rather than improving classroom practices, educational relations and wider systems of schooling? 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