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Partly cloudy skies during the evening giving way to a few showers after midnight. Low 48F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
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Plenty of sunshine. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 68F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph..
Partly cloudy skies during the evening giving way to a few showers after midnight. Low 48F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Updated: November 17, 2023 @ 11:45 am
Palmdale School District’s Christine Jones, coordinator of Educational Technology, and Jim Smith, manager of Information Services, talk about artificial intelligence Nov. 8 at the Antelope Valley School Boards Association dinner meeting at Challenge Middle School in the Wilsona School District.
Palmdale School District’s Christine Jones, coordinator of Educational Technology, and Jim Smith, manager of Information Services, talk about artificial intelligence Nov. 8 at the Antelope Valley School Boards Association dinner meeting at Challenge Middle School in the Wilsona School District.
LAKE LOS ANGELES — Members of the Antelope Valley School Boards Association heard about the challenges and possibilities of artificial intelligence in education at the nonprofit organization’s dinner meeting last week.
Wilsona School District hosted the meeting Nov. 8 at Challenger Middle School. Palmdale School District’s Christine Jones, coordinator of Educational Technology and Jim Smith, manager of Information Services, served as co-presenters.
Artificial intelligence is the ability of computers to perform tasks commonly associated with human beings. There are different levels of AI, such as artificial narrow intelligence, which is designed to complete specific actions; artificial general intelligence, which is designed to learn, think and perform at levels similar to humans; and artificial super intelligence, which is able to surpass the knowledge and capabilities of humans.
“The artificial intelligence we have now is pretty basic,” Jones said.
Smartphones, cars and homes use artificial intelligence. It can also be used in healthcare such as with a smart watch that monitors the user’s heart rate.
“There are some challenges with artificial intelligence,” Jones said.
Those include bias, transparency, discrimination, inclusion, access, security, accountability and privacy.
Jones suggested ways to make artificial intelligence safer for students would be age of consent to engage with artificial intelligence.
“While I am a huge proponent of teaching kids how to use artificial intelligence, we don’t have a tool that has been developed yet for children under the age of 13,” she said.
Until such a tool is available, Jones said children younger than 13 should not be allowed to participate in artificial intelligence at school.
Palmdale School District has a policy in place to ensure parental consent and have an option for parents who choose to opt out.
“They have a right to control the privacy of their students’ information,” Jones said.
The district also requires vendors that do business with the district that outlines how student data is used, how it is being stored and how it will be destroyed when the vendor is no longer working for the district.
Jones urged the board members to proceed with care. She encouraged districts to get teachers to use artificial intelligence tools.
“They are fantastic,” she said, adding the tools can be used to help build lesson plans.
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