Georgia Tech professor: Banning AI from school is a mistake

Some districts have banned students from using AI at school. — Getty Images/The New York Times

AI remains an open mystery for many in academia with several school districts and colleges rushing to ban the use of ChatGPT in the classroom. While many of these bans have since been repealed, many schools are still hesitant about how AI tools will be used (or misused) in the classroom or laboratory.

But AI is inevitably going to be part of the workforce moving forward: The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2025, generative AI will create 97 million new jobs.