Everyone who cares abt teaching, learning, critical & historical thinking should read & repost this piece. My faculty & student group chats have been trading/talking abt it all day. @johnfea1.bsky.social brought many of us to tears. He speaks for us in sorrow & in glory. We grieve & we hope.
Scott Sandage
AI cannot do what history professors do.
My piece on historical thinking, artificial intelligence, and the intellectual formation of college students is now up at Perspective on History, the magazine of the American Historical Association. Here is a taste: AI promises efficiency, personalization,…
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My piece on historical thinking, artificial intelligence, and the intellectual formation of college students is now up at Perspective on History, the magazine of the American Historical Association. Here is a taste: AI promises efficiency, personalization, and speed. This combination is appealing to college students who are dealing with academic pressures and a fast-paced world. History teachers are now faced with the tension between student demand for quick results (which AI provides) and the slow, thoughtful process of learning to think historically. This tension is not merely about plagiarizing papers; it cuts to the heart of what it means to nurture intellectual and moral maturity at a time when universities are moving away from the humanities and neglecting the very practices that once defined liberal arts education.
