Can AI Pass the Grade When It Comes to Teaching and Learning?
Nearly one-quarter of U.S. households are estimated to have a smart speaker, such as the Google Home or Amazon’s Echo. The rapid adoption of such devices, which use artificial intelligence (AI) to interact with users, is similar to how Americans quickly embraced smartphones. As we become increasingly comfortable interacting with “smart” gadgets, the assimilation of AI into our daily lives will continue. The growing sophistication of these devices and their ability to become “indispensable” may only make us more blasé about their potential uses for unwanted data gathering and privacy intrusions. Past experience has shown how we tend to overlook the downsides of devices and applications if their upsides are suitably compelling and useful.
