A University professor and students discuss the role AI has in the classroom. Jim Samuel, an associate professor of practice and executive director of the Master of Public Informatics Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, discusses his view of AI in today's classrooms, as well as the future of AI in academic settings.
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As students worldwide
become increasingly acquainted with artificial intelligence,
educators and administrators have been exploring how to regulate it.
The Daily Targum spoke about AI usage in academic settings with members of the
University community, including Jim Samuel, an associate professor of practice
and executive director of the Master of Public Informatics
Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
Artificial intelligence must be in the classroom because it's in the world.
With university-wide discussions
circulating around AI usage in relation to academic integrity,
Rutgers students share how they use AI in their coursework.
Does AI play a role in your major?
I wouldn't say it really does.
I'm a major in English to go into education, so everything that I,
all my assignments are really opinion based.
Yeah, I’ve definitely used AI before for my courses.
Whether it's asking ChatGPT for a summary of an article,
a paragraph that I don't understand quite well.
A person uses AI responsibly,
I think that it could be a very helpful tool,
whereas, if people are copying and plagiarizing, it's pretty negative.
Overall, I think it's positive.
Of course, depending on how people want to use it.
It just depends on the main actors, if their intentions are for good or bad.
Samuel discusses whether AI’s role in the classroom can be reimagined.
I believe that AI will inevitably be in the classroom.
You want to build your careers? Whatever you're doing,
whether it's marketing, whether it's health care, policy.
In the future, you will be doing that with AI.
I don't think we can broadly take a common view on this.
Now, the only case that I think where
a limited use of AI would come in is in K-12.
If a student uses an AI to write an essay, that would, again,
defeat the purpose of the student gaining the skill.
But as they move on into undergraduate college, then it is counterproductive
for them to focus on things like English language.
If the AI can do it, why not?
