#IrishTimes reports today that Irish Leaving Cert students (terminal high school exams) have been cleared by the Dept of Education to use AI tools in exam research projects. https://archive.ph/8fFgc
Over on Bluesky I have a thread of my thoughts on why this could be a bad idea unless it *increases* investment in teaching critical thinking and research skills and literacy around #AI and #Data. I’ll cross post it properly later (probably as a blog post) but for now https://bsky.app/profile/castlebridge-chief.bsky.social/post/3lckbzxa3o22v