Guest editorial: How AI is reshaping education and society

We’re halfway into the fall, 2024, academic term, and chatter suggests anxiety about the future of education and artificial intelligence.  That AI will replace human teachers entirely. Students using AI tools are always cheating. Learning to use AI isn’t an important skill for students. AI can’t foster creativity or critical thinking. 

I’ve heard that someday, on its unstoppable and accelerating march to becoming sentient and subjugating humanity, artificial intelligence (AI) is going to put writers out of work.

Pablo Picasso had paint, Michelangelo worked with marble. Bristol artist James Merrill’s medium is computer codes. 

“I feel that AI is just another chapter in a long and winding road of developments in the creative arts,” said photographer Eric Killorin.