WKBN First News<\/a>, which came to the college to survey the campus about perspectives on AI usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe WKBN segment also mentioned our dearly beloved The Collegian and the AI survey we conducted last spring, which showed that almost 50% of the student body has negative associations with AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WKBN also interviewed several students, including senior Elleri Bayhan, whose thoughts have stuck with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think that (AI is) a blessing, but it\u2019s also kind of a curse,\u201d she said. \u201cLike, we\u2019re made in the image of God, and we really want to use our creativity because we know that God is creative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, AI can\u2019t take away our ability to be creative. We must first give it that power over our lives. But AI does make the implicit claim that creativity is cheap and worth sacrificing on the altar of efficiency. This joke from author Joanna Maciejewska has made its rounds on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But then we use AI to \u201chelp us brainstorm\u201d a project for class. We use AI to create our posters for campus events. (I am looking at you, Theater Department.) We use AI to understand our homework problems rather than popping into a professor\u2019s office hours. (We know that professor talks a lot, and we don\u2019t want to pause from the grind.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are those uses of AI inherently evil? No. Most likely, nobody will kick you out of school for plagiarism or give you a failing grade. Sometimes, it might even prove helpful. But where will we draw the lines for ourselves? When are we truly using the technology to aid us in the pursuit of knowledge, and when are we prioritizing completing a paper before a certain deadline over the creation of our own souls that is happening as we write (or don\u2019t write) that paper?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a compelling question for all of us, no matter where we stand on the AI question. Thanks, President Lingo and St. Lewis!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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