[mdwhatcott]

From the episode: "You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why--you're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines!" -Fred Rogers

I appreciate that a computer has become such a wonderful tool for realizing ideas that come from my imagination.

[heywoods]

It really is amazing isn’t it? I teach 4/5th grade where many in this cohort are behind in reading/writing due to the pandemic. It was an uphill battle to get the approval to incorporate AI in my lesson plans but admin quickly changed their tune after they saw the engagement and improvement in my students after using AI to generate images. While many of us adults, find prompting and chat based AI’s cumbersome, it has been a boon for my student’s writing skills. The tight feedback and reward loop text based image generation provides between what is nestled in their minds and what the AI creates is incredible. The iterative and interactive nature of the product compliments and reinforces the foundational writing skills introduced at the 4/5th grade.

Specifically the skills of: 1. Research skills 2. Varied sentence structures 3. Transition words and phrases 4. Editing and revising 5. Voice and tone 6. Descriptive language

[breckenedge]

Whoa what a great way to get kids to want to learn language! FWIW some of the things I’ve generated via AI I’ve had made into stickers, and I generate coloring pages for my nephew and niece with their prompting. Nothing quite like bringing the digital into the physical.

[dcsommer]

Yet I feel that AI gives such instant gratification that the boredom and struggle required for imagination is short-circuited and atrophies.