ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The use of artificial intelligence, especially among the use of it among students in the classroom is a highly talked about debate from the grade school level to university level.
Matt Miller, author of 'AI for Educators', joined Tom Ackerman and Megan Lynch on Total Information A.M. Thursday to discuss how AI should be used in schools and in the classroom and why he believes AI will have a bigger impact than the iPhone and the Internet.
Miller, who spent more than decade as a teacher, says that most teachers know AI will be a part of the future for students, but they don't want students to lose their educational focus.
"We want to prepare them for AI, but we also want them to think, we also want them to develop skills," said Miller.
Miller thinks that AI will help student in the classroom, with the potential of AI becoming a "personal tutor" to them.
"I think (AI) can sort of assist student work in a lot of ways to help student think more deeply and develop their skills so they can be great members of society going forward," said Miller.
Miller also think that AI will be a huge positive asset for teachers that will help their classrooms.
"I think one really positive way (to implement it) is to use it as an extra voice in the classroom," said Miller, "Maybe put it up on the projector screen in front of students. Whenever you have a discussion, (teachers) will be able to pull it in to the conversation and ask the questions."
Miller also believes the transition of AI will be easy for many due to how so many current technology has some form of AI use already.
"Let's be honest, we already use spell check and grammar check and all those things are run on artificial intelligence," said Miller.
A big concern among teachers, parents and many education spaces is the use of AI and concerns when it comes to plagiarism.
Miller however says that the use of AI muddies the waters a bit when it comes to plagiarism.
"Plagiarism has to do with passing someone's work as your own, that's sort of the operating definition that alot of us use. The work that is created by these AI assistance like ChatGPT isn't owned by humans. It's not intellectual property owned by humans. If you actually ask the AI who this belongs too, alot of time the assistant will say 'it not me'," Miller said.