AI and Ethics
Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Schools
There are many benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in education. Many of these include personalized learning, automated assessment, predictive analytics, and chatbot guides. These applications leverage machine learning with predetermined algorithms created by humans and have shown promise to support teachers and students in the teaching and learning process.
New to this landscape is the introduction and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools. Many of these tools utilize large language models pre-trained on enormous amounts of unfiltered data with increased risk to their use (ChatGPT being the most commonly known example). Many lack accuracy and reliability as well as perpetuate systemic bias and discrimination inherent in the materials used to train them.
School leaders and educators have a moral imperative to identify these risks and introduce the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in education to parents, teachers, and students. Ethical challenges include:
- Safety: AI bias and discrimination, student privacy and surveillance;
- Use: student autonomy, development, and informed use;
- Authenticity: transparency and accountability for use; and
- Equity and inclusion
There are many questions to address before implementing GenAI, including:
- How will the use of AI impact [students, teachers, parents, the education program, legal issues, etc.]?
- Which AI tools should be endorsed for use?
- What restrictions should there be on that use?
- What privacy and safety issues are at risk?
To help address these ethical challenges, LEARN has developed a guide for the use of artificial intelligence in education.
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