Generic AI platforms like ChatGPT are negatively impacting students by reducing their critical thinking skills and academic competencies. Reading skills have declined for four consecutive years, with many students using AI tools for academic dishonesty. The reliance on such technologies suggests a new generation of students is facing significant educational setbacks, akin to a 'COVID 2.0' effect where their overall development is hindered. Society needs to impose careful regulations on AI usage among youth much like driving, recognizing the potential dangers of unchecked AI exposure.
Generic, direct-answer and productivity AI platforms, most notably OpenAI's ChatGPT, are dumbing down an entire generation of students, eroding critical thinking skills, and atrophying the muscle that is such a core component of what makes us human.
The correlation between usage of current AI tools and critical thinking shows devastating negative effects. Reading competencies are down for the fourth straight year and 50% of students admit to using ChatGPT for a quiz, test or essay.
Direct answer generation AI tools are creating a 'COVID 2.0' generation of students who won't lose just one year but a significant portion of their educational experience.
There's a reason we don't allow children to drive a car before a certain age. There's a level of responsibility society has determined is necessary to drive a powerful machine. AI is a powerful machine but we're handing our children the keys to a Mustang GPT with no training and no protections.
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