“Should Ai be a resource for students?” This endless conflict has led to many discussions and disagreements. As students ourselves we often wonder about the limits and constraints on Ai in our school? For this reason,we decided to ask various teachers from all different subjects this everlasting question. Let’s see what they have to say. Should Ai be a resource for students?

When asking this question we anticipated the same response from all. No. We certainly heard this answer when hearing from the 8th grade science teacher Mrs.Abdulhayoglu. As she said, “Hard no. Typically Ai is erroneous when students learn from it. It tends to be flawed and doesn't help students learn on their own. It not only has an impact on students but also with the environment due to the amount of water needed from cooling down the computers that hold all this newfound information Ai is given.”. When hearing this response we were surprised. Not in the fact that she said no,but that it harms the environment. This was news to us. Upon hearing this we decided to take a closer look.

As Mrs.Abdulhayoglu stated, Ai further impacts the environment. When we took a closer look at this topic, we were astonished. “A great deal of water is needed to cool the hardware used for training, deploying, and fine-tuning generative AI models, which can strain municipal water supplies and disrupt local ecosystems.”-MIT News.

Teachers that have given a response by stating yes have explained the advantages with Ai. They elucidated that the aspects of Ai could enhance ideas and expand creativity, helping students amplify their tasks when in school. For starters we had interviewed Mrs. Katrenya, the 8th grade math teacher who had a captivating response. She stated “It can be a good resource if used in the right way. It can help generate ideas and inspire creativity, but students need to be careful not to let it do work for them.” Mrs. Katrenya didn’t mind the idea of students using AI but didn't want it to take over students' work, doing everything for them leading them to learn nothing. Another teacher we had interviewed was Mrs. Cunningham, the 8th grade language arts teacher, who had meticulously supported the idea. “AI should be a supplemental tool. Students should complete assignments on their own, then can use AI to improve grammar and conventions. Students can rely too heavily on AI to think for them and students need to be more confident in their abilities. They're capable of more than they think.” Mrs. Cunningham has stated that it is an additional tool and should be used as a secondary source for students although students shouldn’t rely on it, and should embrace their skills. 

We tried our best to interview multiple teachers of the same subject. In return, we found some interesting comparisons between teachers' opinions,even though they teach the same subject. For example, we interviewed two 8th grade math teachers thinking they’d have at least similar responses. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The two teachers we interviewed were Mrs.Katrenya and Mrs.Probert (both 8th grade math teachers). Mrs.Katrenya stated “It can help generate ideas and inspire creativity.” In comparison Mrs.Probert said “Can negatively impact creativity.”. This made us think that Ai has been perceived in a negative way,causing it to seem like there is no real “correct” method for usage of Ai. Overall this proves it doesn’t matter what subject you teach,but how you have heard of Ai to form your own opinion.

Aside from your core classes we’ve decided to interview counselors who had more one on one experiences with the students. Mrs. Ayer had a very detailed response. “It is already available, the reality is it exists. So yes, you can access AI but, it should be used with caution and only as an aid to expand on work you have done previously. Usage to assist. Never to be a first go when completing assignments - prevents your initial ideas and creativity. It reduces creativity. Evidently, Mrs. Ayer had a strong opinion. She mentioned how inevitable the source is in which students seem to be normalized in using it. We’ve also gotten some responses from two other counselors. “No, although answers may vary in age - it forces you to learn and read. If it isn't talked about you're doing less and less for yourself. Kids shouldn’t forget how to complete work on their own.” Mrs. Barbino had recapitulated that either way it’s taught to be used or not students will always find a way to have it as a use. 

In conclusion, Ai will always remain in this world and even continue to grow. We wanted to know if Ai workplaces could be in the future of swift. We would also like to thank all of the amazing people that went and shared their opinion (controversial or not) for taking the time to answer this enduring question. Should Ai be a resource for students?

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