Strategies for responding to AI in the classroom

Story

Academia is arguably one of the biggest sectors that are affected by this new wave of AI (Generative AI, in particular). Students are using AI to summarize lectures, get suggestions, and even do their work; instructors are using AI to plan courses, generate content, and even grade homeworks. Some argue that this is how it is going to be and there is no way to stop it, some attempt to forbid its use. Regardless, both students and instructors could really use clarity in what is acceptable use of AI in the courses.

Some courses are definitely badly affected by mis-use of AI, for example, writing courses that aim at training student to conduct critical thinking, and thus are reasonable to deter use of AI. Some other courses might instead benefit from use of AI, for example,

Reflection

The use of AI (Generative AI, in particular) has been a topic that is raised in almost any context: “how AI makes XYZ easier for you?”, “will AI take over?”, “am I talking to AI or a human and is there a difference?”.