I love this! We have a 10-yo and 15-yo. Our oldest doesn't use AI by choice (she's an artist with strong opinions about copyright and creativity!) She's one of the few in her HS not using AI for her school work. I support her choice and remind her that she is building much stronger cognitive skills. It will be easier to master AI tools later in life than it will be to make up for any lost cognitive development.
Kudos to your 15yo for agency and independent thinking! I will say my thoughts here are focused more on a younger (~elementary) audience. Suspect as kids get older, functional skills, including knowing how to work with AI, will grow in importance. That said, sounds like she'll be in a much stronger position than a peer who's relied on chatGPT for all their essays, since middle school.
I love this! We have a 10-yo and 15-yo. Our oldest doesn't use AI by choice (she's an artist with strong opinions about copyright and creativity!) She's one of the few in her HS not using AI for her school work. I support her choice and remind her that she is building much stronger cognitive skills. It will be easier to master AI tools later in life than it will be to make up for any lost cognitive development.
Kudos to your 15yo for agency and independent thinking! I will say my thoughts here are focused more on a younger (~elementary) audience. Suspect as kids get older, functional skills, including knowing how to work with AI, will grow in importance. That said, sounds like she'll be in a much stronger position than a peer who's relied on chatGPT for all their essays, since middle school.