AI ban or fan? The debate over using generative AI in schools

Since ChatGPT was released just over two years ago, its use everywhere from the workplace to academia has expanded significantly. In schools across the country, teachers and administrators have been grappling with how to contend with this new tool. While some say it has benefits, others point out the negatives, like cheating. 

This is leading to a divide in classrooms across the country with some teachers encouraging the use of AI and others voting to ban it completely.

"We believe very strongly that AI literacy, actually teaching kids in developmentally appropriate ways, what A.I. is and isn't and then how to use those tools responsibly, is a better approach than just outright AI banning," Amanda Bickerstaff, CEO of AI For Education, a group that provides what it calls "AI literacy training," told CBS.