AI ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

• AI carries the risk of algorithmic bias, influencing any materials it generates.
• Important administrative decisions, like student program enrollment or discipline should not be utilizing AI.
• AI detectors often incorrectly identify non-native English speakers' texts as AI-generated, necessitating human oversight.

Academic Integrity

• Educators must address the potential for increased cheating with AI by rethinking assignment types and explicitly setting guidelines for AI use to uphold academic integrity.
• Plagiarism detectors should not be used exclusively when determining if plagiarism has occurred. Teachers should continue scrutinizing student work and encouraging AI use for learning processes, not just final products, supplemented by regular teacher-student check-ins.

Privacy & Security

• Just as teachers will ask students to cite ChatGPT if it is used as a source or as a part of their working process, so, too, should teachers cite their own use of ChatGPT in the creation of class or administrative materials. Transparency in the use of AI should reach across all levels. 

Inaccuracies

• Validating AI’s output needs to be a part of the teacher and student education process.
• A knowledge of how to fact-check AI generated information against reliable sources should be a part of any student or teacher’s toolkit, and fact-checking AI generated materials should be an integral part of the process of materials creation. 

Unintended Outcomes

• If we do not want to increase the disparity between student groups, we must be attentive to the inherent biases within AI that could further negatively impact equity.
• When the data sets that AI uses are not representative, patterns of inequity can be exacerbated.
• A focus on asset-oriented (rather than deficit mindset) AI tools will be essential.

Pedagogical Impacts

• Maintain a "human in the loop" approach where teachers are central to decisions on AI use, ensuring it complements rather than replaces pedagogy.
• Evaluate AI in the classroom for its pedagogical effectiveness and alignment with educational goals like enhancing student learning and creativity, rather than using it for novelty.
• Provide training for stakeholders on overriding AI for educational purposes and adapt AI suggestions to fit the specific context and vision of the educational setting, while being mindful of the impact on Social Emotional Learning.

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