My media ethics students express some surprisingly skeptical views about AI and journalism

1930 photo (cc) via the German Federal Archives. My colleagues and I are engaged in the convoluted, ever-shifting process of figuring out how to use artificial intelligence in journalism in ways that are both productive and ethical. Somewhere between “Let students use AI to write their stories” and “We should forbid all uses of AI,” there is a reasonable approach, and we’re all trying to figure out what that is. Our students learn from us. We learn from our students. Keep in mind, though, that we have not yet seen what you might call “AI natives” in our classrooms. Young people in their late teens and early 20s were part of the before times. In the not-too-distant future, though, we’ll start seeing students who can’t remember a world without ChatGPT, Claude and the rest. Recently I devoted a class to AI in my graduate ethics seminar. It’s a small group of five students, one of whom is an advanced undergrad. I was surprised to learn that they are as skeptical of AI as I am. Read the rest at Poynter Online. Share this: Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Like this:Like Loading... Discover more from Media Nation Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe