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How will artificial intelligence writing programs impact education?

Stephen Brauer and Evvy Fanning on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on December 29, 2022
Megan Mack
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WXXI News
Stephen Brauer and Evvy Fanning on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on December 29, 2022
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WXXI News

New artificial intelligence (AI) programs allow students to generate term papers, essays, even creative writing, simply by punching in commands. College professors and K-12 teachers are scrambling to develop strategies to both detect AI submissions and create a framework of rules. We discuss the costs and benefits of farming out our writing to the machines. Our guests:

  • Evvy Fanning, local high school English teacher
  • Stephen Brauer, associate professor and chair of the English Department, and director of the Public and Professional Writing Certificate Program at St. John Fisher University
  • Amanda Chestnut, interim coordinator of multicultural affairs at SUNY Geneseo
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.