Blog 5

 So far, blogging has been an interesting experience. I find it easier than discussion boards as I don't have to constantly look at and typically reply frequently to my peers' posts. I also enjoy the level of creativity that I am able to have when formatting my blog. The main thing that I have learned from blogging that I didn't know prior, is how to format and adjust the blog as I want.

Generally speaking, I am still not a fan of generative AI in the classroom. It prevents the user to reap the benefits of creating what they need to because you take away that level of work. For instance, I hear people saying that it is amazing for creating study guides, but for me personally, the most useful part about study guides is the process of creating them as that helps me analyze the information that I need to learn. Things are done certain ways for a reason, and when you take away the middle man of the hard work, you don't gain all of the benefits.

Some things worked really well while others didn't. The more vague a prompt was, the less accurate the results were. I had to go in and be specific to refine it. If I were to use it again, I would be more specific and describe in detail exactly what I want.

While there AI is here to stay, this is one of the tools that personally I see having more problems than solutions. If I end up utilizing it, I will use it in a complex generating way most likely set up like an experiment on AI. The current ethical arguments (brain atrophy and a rise of critical thinking, getting rid of crucial learning processes, environmental concerns, using other people's works whom didn't consent to it) far outweigh any use of AI for me in the way that it is currently used (typically to make life easier). For me, I definitely would avoid it and make it difficult to use elsewise as how AI is typically used now, and it would be a disservice to the people to use it.