"The panic around AI represents a major challenge to education, and we are seeing policymakers react to that panic with dizzying speed. New York City schools recently announced a ban on ChatGPT, and many other school districts are following their lead. So have many institutes of Higher Learning in Australia.

Bans are a bad idea. They won’t work because they are easily thwarted and set the wrong tone with students about AI technology. Educators should be the ones to set the tone about how we want our students to use or not use AI in our classroom, not a software company or a district office. These recent bans are all the more concerning considering reports that Microsoft is moving forward with plans to explore integrating OpenAI’s tools in their Office Suite, so it’s crucial to introduce this tech to our students now—warts and all." - Marc Watkins (article excerpt).