First, let’s get this out of the way… I am not an expert in AI or any other emergent technology. What I am is a father of a brand-new 9th grader with straight A’s (I hope!) and some serious concerns about how BHHS is handling “AI” and related emergent technology.

I do work in a field that regularly puts me in a position of seeing what AI can and can’t do when it comes to strategic decision making, creative thinking and project management. In this position I’m also able to experience what overreliance on AI is doing to multiple industries as it pertains to strategic decision making, creative thinking, and project management. Not to mention all of the lousy “content” it’s creating.

It’s my position that the current implementation and oversight of AI at BHHS could use some support and adjustment. There appears to be a fair amount of stress and cognitive dissonance in students as well as staff around this technology and the appropriate way to handle it in the classroom. Further, the “Acceptable Use Guidance for AI in Education” lacks a broad-based view of AI’s various impacts and misunderstands some areas where it should and shouldn’t be applied.

I understand we cannot and should not ignore new technology. However I am suggesting we CAN be more conscientious, proactive and vigilant in how it is positioned in our learning community.