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Why are Educational Institutions so resistant to anything that veers from the traditional lecturing from the textbook. You could replace references to ChatGPT with “Internet Search Engines have no place in the classroom” or “computers have no place in the classroom” and the arguments would still be all too familiar.

These are kids. Teacher thinks they cheated then mark them accordingly.

Reading that article makes the juniors sound criminal. They are kids they played the game and got caught. So they learn a lesson, move on. But it should not reflect on the rest of their academic life.

The skills necessary to "master using AI" are the same skills necessary to effectively communicate with a human being that does not know what you are talking about. This requires explaining to them the context of one's discussion, and once the context is understood then a complex conversation can follow. This is with people and this is the same with AI. If schools and education in general want to prepare students for careers that will probably require the use of AI enhanced systems that do not even exist yet - they need to teach students effective communications. And surprisingly, effective communications is extremely useful for human to human communications too. It could just be the most important thing a student is taught, because looking around as an adult for far too many decades: effective communication skills are at a poverty state across the board in human civilization.