A B.C. school district is searching for a middle ground with artificial intelligence (AI).

91裸聊视频淚t ain91裸聊视频檛 as great as you think it is and it ain91裸聊视频檛 as terrifying as you think it is 91裸聊视频� at least in its current rendition,91裸聊视频� Mission Public School District (MPSD) superintendent Angus Wilson said.

At MPSD91裸聊视频檚 Committee of the Whole meeting on Oct. 3, board members discussed the use of AI in schools.

The district is taking a patient approach and will wait to see how the technology progresses before developing a policy.

In the meantime, Wilson says the current 91裸聊视频渘on-policy91裸聊视频� is that students and staff can use AI but need to acknowledge it.

91裸聊视频淭he effort is to try and see it as a sort of complementary tool for both staff and students alike 91裸聊视频� like a calculator or spell check,91裸聊视频� he said.

He says the current procedure will probably change in the future with how quickly the technology is moving. However, the use of AI also presents challenges for teachers.

91裸聊视频淲here the technology is right now, really in terms of cheating or not learning, is it allows you to do a kind of variant on plagiarism,91裸聊视频� Wilson said.

He says AI can write 91裸聊视频渁 nice C+ kind of paper91裸聊视频� but the concern comes when the information isn91裸聊视频檛 factual. The rise of AI is also impacting how teachers do their jobs.

91裸聊视频淚n just the same way if you had a quiz today where you were allowed to use your phone, and I asked 91裸聊视频� the date of the start of World War One, you can just look it up. So that91裸聊视频檚 not a really good question to ask anymore, you need to change what the question is that you91裸聊视频檙e asking. So it91裸聊视频檚 things like that are changing the nature of how we teach and [give] assignments but it can be used as a great sort of supplementary tool, as long as we know who91裸聊视频檚 using it and what for,91裸聊视频� Wilson said.

Despite AI91裸聊视频檚 impact on learning, Wilson says the district can91裸聊视频檛 turn it off either.

91裸聊视频淲e have to find some sort of middle ground,91裸聊视频� he said.

He expects the district to have a policy in the next few years but for now, staff and students will have to acknowledge when they use AI.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 too soon. It91裸聊视频檚 kind of like it91裸聊视频檚 1990 and we91裸聊视频檙e talking about the Internet. We91裸聊视频檙e not quite there. We don91裸聊视频檛 really quite know what we91裸聊视频檙e talking about yet,91裸聊视频� Wilson said.

At the same meeting, MPSD board members discussed a policy to allow students to bring their own devices to use at school.

91裸聊视频淭here are certainly individual schools and school districts that have banned phones, for example. And other places have sort of [embraced] the technology, whatever you want to call it. We91裸聊视频檙e trying to find what91裸聊视频檚 the correct path on this because there are pluses and minuses to whatever you do with it,91裸聊视频� Wilson said.

The board didn91裸聊视频檛 come to a conclusion on the issue but directed staff to consider a policy.

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