A new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper, prepare, protect
Brookings • • world
Key Points:
- The Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education conducted a yearlong global study to assess the potential negative risks and benefits of generative AI in education, involving over 500 stakeholders from 50 countries and reviewing more than 400 studies.
- The study concludes that currently, the risks of generative AI in children’s education outweigh the benefits, primarily because these risks threaten foundational development and may hinder the realization of AI’s positive potential.
- AI’s impact on learning depends on its use: well-designed AI tools can enhance learning when integrated into sound pedagogical approaches, while overreliance on AI can impair students’ learning capacity, emotional well-being, relationships, and privacy.
- The report proposes three pillars for action—Prosper
