Critical Thinking and Ethics in the Age of Gen AI

 A report from the USC Centre for Generative AI and Society on Critical thinking and ethics in the Age of Generative AI in education

Brings together perspectives on Gen AI and its impact on critical thinking and ethics.

After an introductory chapter by Pedro Noguera, there are seven chapters organised into three sections.

Section 1 - supporting college students' critical thinking in the age of AI

3 chapter discussing the promises and perils of using AI in college classrooms and a chapter on undergraduate perspectives on AI

Section 2 - AI in K12 classroms - ethical considerations and lessons learnt has 2 chapters.

Section 3 - building the next generation of generative AI tools - with two chapters.

William Swartout on 'Generative AI and education: deny and detect or embrace and enhance and Benjamin Nye on 'authoring by editing and revising: considering Gen AI tools.

Short, practitioner focused chapters provide good overviews and discussion of the fundamental challenges brought in by the rapid rise of Gen AI. Pragmatic perspectives on adoption, introduction and utilisation are discussed. A resource to start conversations and utilise in workshops. Has American slant but many applications are generalisable.