I have been using AI to assist me with university course work, and I know some professors use advanced forms of it like "Jasper" for their work, including help writing . (Jasper can write whole pages, and is the source for many blogs, cooking recipes, etc.). Look into these to get a better understanding because I suspect soon AIs will be capable of writing entire long form college essays.

BUT how I have been thinking of it is like the invention of the calculator. Yes, it is completely necessary to learn arithmetic, even though a calculator can do it easily. However, our work force will drastically change and workers will need to use and understand AI constantly. Just like my professors are already starting to do. You as a teacher, will need to figure out how to teach basic writing skills even though I coming years, a student could use a phone app to write the homework within seconds. JUST like a calculator can.

1. In the short term I think this means more in-person assignments, such as writing short form essays or paragraphs in-class.

2. In the long term, I think schooling will need to shift to teach students to use AI, building the programs to write skillfully with compelling ideas. Just like graphing calculators with math models running programs. Students will use AI technology in their daily lives and use programs in their work life, so this seems like a natural extension to me. Also, if school computers give students AI programs, the school can control how well they work and how, so that may help ensure students still get the basic knowledge of grammar, spelling, essay structure, etc.

Woof... It IS a lot to think about.