Issues and Concerns About GenAI and How We Can Smartly Use It in Education

Abstract

Generative AI (GenAI) emerged as the fastest growing commercial technology with broad, strong and disruptive potential to affect all aspects of society: from business, med-icine, creative arts, education and science to everyday things we do. GenAI is everywhere and is easy to use, available 24/7, but it has its challenges and limitations. It also has a very disruptive impact on education. Effective leveraging of GenAI in education is critical for sustaining successful eco-nomic and scientific progress. This paper has three parts: first, we briefly summarize general issues and limitations we see with GenAI, then we summarize GenAI impact on education from student and faculty perspective (using data from published surveys and our own experience), and finally we outline some thoughts and recommendations on adopting and teaching with GenAI based on our experiences at SFSU.