Should we train people to be effective and versatile prompt creators, or people who can think for themselves?
The field of artificial intelligence is dominated by hype and high expectations. Amid all this, there are efforts to apply artificial intelligence to education as well. But will this solve our problems?
“Are you a zombie?” one student asks another. “Do you really get all your answers from artificial intelligence?” I overheard this conversation at a school where I was giving a lecture on media literacy. The classmate didn’t say anything, but he completed the assignment using AI, writes Julia Rodina, founder of Tuleviku Meedia, in her opinion piece in Õpetajate Leht.
The assignment was to create an advertisement for a product; the students’ imagination was not limited in any way. I understand that creativity isn’t everyone’s cup of tea - not everyone is drawn to media, students are overloaded, and so on.
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Artificial intelligence can complete such a task in seconds, but should we be training efficient, universal prompt generators, or people who can think independently and on their own? Learning is a long process; it’s not “the entire history of the Roman Empire in ten minutes” or “generate five ideas for my essay.”
Should we train people to be effective and versatile prompt creators, or people who can think for themselves?
Read the full text in Õpetajate Leht.
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