What’s Up With AI In Chicago-Area Schools?

A new private school where students will learn from AI, rather than from teachers, is set to open in Chicago this fall. Questions abound: what will happen to teachers? What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of relying on a relatively new technology to instruct children? In the Loop discusses with a panel of educators and AI experts: Brady Gunnink, English teacher, Jones College Prep, Katie Page, Instructional Technology Coordinator, District 214 and Kristian Hammond, director of Northwestern’s Artificial Intelligence masters program. Plus, we get a status update on how AI tools are being used in Chicagoland classrooms. For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.