Debate Topic: Will AI bring more creativity and innovation or risks and dangers? Reflecting on the debate, it occurs to me that there were two different forms of creativity and innovation being referenced interchangeably that day, namely, human creativity and innovation on the one hand, and AI creativity and innovation on the other. The effects […]

Debate Report The debate about the future of education in an AI-driven world that we had on October 25, 2023 provided a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the potential and challenges of Large Language Models such as ChatGPT. The participants discussed the topic thoroughly, showing respect for different opinions and effectively expanding on their peers’ […]

Will AI bring more creativity and innovation than risks and danger? In considering this question, the affirmative side began by partially reshaping the question. As I was the first person to voice my opinion, I will begin by the way I reframed the question. I conceded that AI does not currently prevent much creativity or […]

Last week, our class hosted its second debate, focusing on the topic, “AI will bring more creativity and innovation than risks and dangers.” This report aims to first provide a summary of the debate, followed by my personal reflections and stance on both the debate and the subject matter. The affirmative team, in their opening […]

When I was in grade school, a requirement for admission into the “gifted and talented” programs was the ability to “think outside the box.” In classes, students learn about prized poems and paintings, musical geniuses, and brilliant scientists and philosophers. Outside of academic settings, creativity is valued professionally as well. The rise of the digital […]

Debate Two focused on the risks and dangers of the rise and popularity of artificial intelligence and of large language models, as well as the issues of creativity and innovation. This debate seemed to be less polarized than that of the first debate on the usage of AI in higher education. I concluded that both […]

        On Wednesday, October 25th, 2023, we had our first in-class debate on the impact of AI on education. The debate prompt is:         “Will ChatGPT and other similarly powerful AI tools have positive or negative impacts on higher education? In your opinion, what Andrew Abbott’s criticisms in 2016 […]

Maybe the abyss was already there Last Wednesday, two groups from my class debated the following question: Will ChatGPT and other similarly powerful AI tools have positive or negative impacts on higher education? Certainly, the debate on artificial intelligence’s role in higher education is a pressing one. It is, after all, one big elephant in […]

The first debate centers on whether ChatGPT and other AI tools have positive or negative impacts on higher education. Having listened to the entire discussion, my personal view is that while we might perceive certain negative impacts on higher education, ChatGPT and other AI tools’ positive influences will become evident over time, and we should […]