AI has come upon educators like a tsunami. Students now have the ability to type in a prompt and get a fully completed essay, report, or answer to a math problem.
It’s not that cheating hasn’t existed before now, but it’s just so easy these days.
I think it’s an amazing opportunity…for those who are willing to resist the temptation to let a computer think for them.
In a few years, this first AI generation will be entering the workforce. Those who depended on AI generators to complete their work will have brains that effectively function on the same level as a 5th grader (no offense, 5th graders!). Those, however, who actually made a priority of their education, who read the books, slugged through math equations, completed the science projects — they will be positioned to take over for CEO’s and world leaders. They will be miles above the majority. Their minds will actually be college-educated!
From a Christian worldview, we know that God commands us to do everything to the glory of God (I Cor. 10:31). We also know that we are made in the image of God, with complex, amazing brains that God has gifted us to use to help care for this world and its citizens.
So, Christian student, RESIST the urge to take the easy way out. You don’t need a computer program to write that paper. You can do it! EARN your education, exercise your beautiful brain, and then go out into the world and do amazing things for God’s glory!
