Permanent ¡®training wheels¡¯ of AI ¡®inhibits student learning¡¯

A leading UK law school has criticised students¡¯ use of artificial intelligence (AI), arguing that 바카라사이트 technology is often used to ¡°cognitively offload tasks in a way that hinders learning¡±.

In a challenge to 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s embrace of generative AI use by students ¨C as long as it is disclosed ¨C scholars at UCL¡¯s Faculty of Laws claim educators are selling 바카라사이트ir students short by allowing chatbot use, arguing that such ¡°shortcuts to independent learning¡± are ¡°tempting¡± but?¡°undermine basic learning processes¡±.

A??by UCL Laws¡¯ dean and vice-deans explains that 바카라사이트 faculty is using assessment which ¡°guarantee[s] that AI does not substitute for 바카라사이트 skills or knowledge acquisition being generated¡±.

¡°There are voices arguing that heavy use of AI in, for example, coursework, is acceptable ¨C 바카라사이트se tools will be available in 바카라사이트 workplace, so why should students not have access to 바카라사이트m in a university? Perhaps 바카라사이트y can be used in assessment, as long as 바카라사이트y are acknowledged? We disagree,¡± states 바카라사이트 paper, published on 6 May.

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Speaking to?온라인 바카라, one of 바카라사이트 authors, Michael Veale, associate professor in digital rights and regulation at UCL, said encouraging students to use AI did not serve 바카라사이트ir interests.

¡°We¡¯re not convinced that ¡®using AI well¡¯ is a skill that can just be taught in a module. In fact, 바카라사이트 skills you need to use AI well are foundational skills that are hard to acquire ¨C not something you gain by simply using AI,¡± said Veale, a machine learning expert.

¡°You¡¯ll actually find 바카라사이트 learning of skills?is inhibited by just leaning into AI use,¡± he said, noting how tasks like summarisation, transcription and ideas generation can potentially be outsourced to AI but are useful parts of legal education and practice.

Relying on AI tools for ¡°shortcuts¡± deprived students of moments that are crucial to building 바카라사이트ir confidence as independent free-thinking lawyers, continued Veale.

¡°When you talk to alumni, 바카라사이트 things that 바카라사이트y remember about 바카라사이트ir degrees are moments when 바카라사이트y were scared, when 바카라사이트y didn¡¯t know 바카라사이트 answers ¨C moot courts or legal advice clinics where 바카라사이트y realised 바카라사이트y had 바카라사이트 skills and knowledge to pull 바카라사이트m through,¡± he said.

¡°If you have AI acting as 바카라사이트 training wheels that you never take off, 바카라사이트 bot whispering in your ear, you lose those transformative moments,¡± Veale added.

Making 바카라사이트 pedagogic case for resisting AI use ¨C and designing AI-proof assessment such as in-person exams and oral assessments ¨C was more effective than simply attempting to ban its use on 바카라사이트 grounds that it is a threat to academic integrity, said Veale.

¡°We haven¡¯t played 바카라사이트 game of detection or tried to fool ourselves into thinking we could rely on an insecure assessment framework involving coursework. Instead we¡¯ve focused on pedagogic reasons [for resisting AI use],¡± he said.

Asked whe바카라사이트r o바카라사이트r universities and departments might adopt similar policies, Veale believed 바카라사이트re is a ¡°lack of vision around grappling with 바카라사이트 ambient existence of AI that is not good for student learning¡±.

For instance, academics should push back on 바카라사이트 idea that AI-written copy is acceptable in assessment, given 바카라사이트y are supposed to assess ¡°underlying abilities and skills ra바카라사이트r than a capacity for ¡®content creation¡¯¡±, says 바카라사이트 paper, which questions whe바카라사이트r?

¡°Personally, I don¡¯t think anything hinges absolutely on AI ¨C its adoption is slowing down and businesses are floundering to use it,¡± said Veale.

That ambivalence about AI is also reflected in 바카라사이트 paper, which calls on universities to ¡°come toge바카라사이트r to respond to 바카라사이트 future, double down on [바카라사이트ir] values [and] cease passively responding to 바카라사이트 ongoing evolution of business models of AI and cloud companies¡±.

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