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of a teacher is much less vulnerable
to being replaced with AI compared
to the above-described scenario.
Director of the Center for Teaching
and Learning at the University of
Georgia, Megan Mittelstadt, Ph.D.,
gives a clear picture:
Teaching is a career that will not be
replaced by generative AI. It could
enhance good teaching but will not
replace it as it does not function well
independent of critical and creative
thinking. Generative AI output is
prone to errors and hallucinations and
requires human oversight to ensure
output is valid and applicable. Human
teachers also help students understand
how their own critical and creative
thinking far surpasses that of generative AI . . . it cannot replicate the
expert teacher moves that consistently
promote students’ academic success…
effective teachers make connections
to students’ lived experiences and
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“inevitable and is not something
to fight against but to establish
clear rules and regulations for when
and how it should be used. It is no
different than the typewriter or the
computer or the internet— it is a
tool that has the potential to make
lawyers lives easier and the legal
profession better.”
E X T R A ORDIN ARY MILESTO NES AHEA D
As it stands, AI has already paved
For those apprehensive of an AI
the way for self-driving vehicles, fly
takeover depicted in sci-fi movies
an airplane without a pilot, and even
or skeptical of its abilities, Dr. Mittake the Bar exam and score in the
telstadt reminds us that humans
top percentile of test takers… all with
will always inherently need other
minimal human control.
humans in relation to teaching and
Acceptance, begrudgingly or
learning arenas with AI merely being
not, of the unlimited abilities of AI
a tool to use for the advancement of
will continue to grow as extraoreducation, not a replacement.
dinary milestones continue to be
Similarly, Emory University
conquered in this competitive world
School of Law Professor Mark Goldof emerging technology. Thus, the
feder, Esq. believes AI “is a good
ultimate question to be asked is:
thing that should be harnessed and
What’s next?
not something to be feared.” Particularly related to influence in the
Courtney Kramer is a practicing attorney in Atlanta
focusing on political law with a background in privacy
legal community, Prof. Goldfeder
and technology law from Emory Law School.
emphasizes that the use of AI is
prior knowledge, are responsive to
student emotion and motivation, and
provide positive classroom learning
environments that center connections
between instructor and students, between students, and between students
and course content.
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