Cari Wilson Presentation On AI In Schools
10/31/25
Today in class Cari talked about AI in schools and how to better teach and understand how to use it to help us rather than to take advantage of it. Cari brought up some important points about AI used in school and whether it should or should not be allowed. Cari talked about the different types of AI such as reactive AI which is task specific, and one input always produces same output such as a vacuum robot, predictive AI that uses machine learning to identify patterns in data and makes predictions, an example would Netflix recommending you shows based on the shows you have watched, and generative AI which uses algorithm to identify patterns and structure within data to generate new materials an example would be ChatGPT. It is cool to see the different types of AI as before I only thought that the only AI there was, was from the websites and I did not realize that other programming things like that counted as AI. In her presentation she talked about how AI can help kids with learning disabilities with being able to better cater to their needs. Cari talked about her brothers experience in primary school dealing with ADHD and dyslexia and how much he struggled in school and could not form full sentences until grade 3 and the school told his parents that he was stupid and that they did not know how to help them. But now that we have more knowledge and resources to help people with learning disabilities, we can use AI to help them. I think for things like that it can help students learn better as everyone learns in different ways and would be more beneficial for them. There were many important ethical questions brought up in her presentation specifically about AI used in schools and if a student uses AI for brainstorming or creating an outline for an assignment would it still be considered their work and where you would draw the line between support and substitution. I think in our time now where the use of AI is so predominant, using AI to help you brainstorm ideas or create an outline would not be considered cheating but would lessen the idea of it being considered your work depending how what you do with the idea or outline AI gave you. Where I would draw the line is when you solely rely on it and copy word for word rather than gain inspiration from it to build on those ideas. Cari Wilson brought up many important point during her presentation and has helped future educators during the rise of AI in schools.