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By: Brynalaya Richardson and Harper Myers 9/17/26
There are many ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) can affect students' lives at home and at school. A few of these ways are changing the way students learn in the classroom, “the easy button”, and, last but not least, students skipping the harder work. These ways change the way students learn in the classroom and out of the classroom.
What AI really is.
Artificial Intelligence can change the way students learn for the worse or better. Students who use AI as a learning tool can use accommodations such as speech dictation, calculators, to create flashcards, etc. On the other hand, AI can also act as a cheating device for tests and assignments. Students who use AI can slowly lose real knowledge and just start feeling the need to use AI to give them immediate answers. Using AI like this can make it hard for teachers and mentors to help you achieve learning goals and have basic knowledge. AI was made to be a learning tool but is used for the exact opposite. AI can also take personal information and data to personalize answers and data given back to the student.
The easy button is something that people say when they’re referring to students using AI to do their work. That could be having AI do your math homework, write an essay, or just do all your work in general. Most kids today in schools across the world use AI. Campus Technology says, “The majority of students (86%) said they use artificial intelligence in their studies. And they are using it regularly: Twenty-four percent reported using AI daily; 54% daily or weekly; and 54% on at least a weekly basis.” This shows that most students use AI to do their work on a day-to-day basis.
The seven types of AI
AI can change the way students live, the way they learn, and possibly even their future. AI can lead to both good and bad things. When students ask an AI platform/bot, they get immediate answers instead of using the work process and actually learning the material. Many students use AI as a mental health aid. Stefania Giannini from Unesco “Across these roles—tutor, co-professor, and companion—AI can expand access and support, but it can also deepen inequality, flatten learning, and erode trust if not guided carefully,” which shows that AI can be very controversial in ways of learning and mental health.
Overall, AI is used every day in life, whether that’s by teachers, students, school counselors, or even principals. AI can't change many things in our life, whether good or bad. When it comes down to it, AI is used whether you know it or not, so at the end of the day you can't escape AI in your day-to-day life.
Sources: eSchool News, USC Today, Youngstown State University, Education Week
Photo credits: Towards AI, Pew Research Center, CommonWealth Magazine
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