AI Use, How Much is Too Far?

In 2022, OpenAI made ChatGPT open to the public. The AI’s ability to replicate human conversion and generate documents like  a school newspaper article stunned the world. But it is not all good news; most recent iterations like the release of Sora 2 and other AI video generators have made it easier to spread misinformation and create AI brainrot.

The good

AI has revolutionized many industries and improved workflow for many. AI may also have less bias than the average human and can help in the decision making process; this is because the AI will take many opinions AI also holds the advantage of not being human, therefore it can work day-in and day-out on a multitude of tasks and can complete these tasks at inhuman spreads. In the business world, AI is becoming more and more normalized because of the aforementioned advantages.

The bad

But the rise of AI is not all good news, especially for schools and educators. With AI chat bots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, it has become even easier to cheat on assignments using AI. Most students start using AI to summarize texts and help create study guides. But as they use AI more and more, they become more and more reliant on it just to stay ahead; this cycle of dependence results in a loss in knowledge on the student’s behalf.

The ugly

Recently, increased use of AI has resulted in the rise of AI slop on social meda apps like Facebook and TikTok. In short form video apps like TikTok and Instagram, AI-generated videos from AI such as Viggel and Sora are more prevalent than ever. Meanwhile on Facebook manipulative AI “reels” collect thousands of likes from users. The use of AI in this manner results in a situation where AI content can easily be created, and the market becomes over-saturated, and real art is hard to find.