Coming up on a year since the public launch of ChatGPT, the U.S. education system is navigating another upheaval with technology. But unlike the last one — three years ago, when COVID-19 necessitated remote learning — the innovation in this case preceded necessity. I think that makes it an exciting time for K-12 and higher education, because the upheaval is one of possibility: Generative artificial intelligence is relatively user-friendly and untethered to any specific application. It’s not defined by any one problem or use case in particular, leaving educators and students to discover its uses for themselves. These are the unregulated Wild West days of AI, when we’re still figuring it out, so it’s a time to contemplate possibilities.
