Just Because We Can, Does That Mean We Should?
Cross posted from The Digital Learning Den . If you have already read some of my recent posts about generative AI then you will understand that I have many worries about it. Everything from the negative effects on the environment, on people's mental health, through to the risk on jobs, education and society in general, along with much more in between. I was hoping that through writing those posts and then looking at what generative AI can provide us, that I would gain a clearer understanding of how I felt about generative AI. Well I think that I've now found that understanding and it is very much one that is highly critical of generative AI. My personal position is one where the many negative aspects of this technology vastly outweigh the positive uses. I've been trying to think of a simple word to describe how I would characterise generative AI and I think I've found it in the word 'insidious'. "Alluring but harmful" - in my opinion, perfectly captu...
