Incorporating AI in Project-Based Learning

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Many faculty members are focused on keeping AI out of the classroom. However, the real focus should be teaching students how to use it productively. Technology has always relieved humans of menial tasks to free them for higher-level ones. The calculator did not end the need to learn math; rather, it allowed people to skip past the basic calculations to focus on higher-level math and application of the results. Similarly, AI systems can provide the initial material from which people develop more complex products to suit their needs.

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