Educators worldwide refuse GenAI adoption in schools, citing harms to agency and ethics
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Summary
A global community of education professionals has issued an open letter refusing to adopt generative AI in schools and colleges. They argue that GenAI undermines student and educator agency, which is central to the purpose of education. The letter also cites unacceptable legal, ethical, and environmental harms associated with current GenAI technologies, and rejects the narrative that GenAI adoption in education is inevitable.
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At its heart, education is a project of guiding learners to exercise their own agency in the world.
But in its current form, GenAI is corrosive to the agency of students, educators and professionals.
Current GenAI technologies represent unacceptable legal, ethical and environmental harms, including exploitation.
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