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Local educators say A.I. should not be feared
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Schools are about to start up, and one hot topic this fall is how schools will use and guard against artificial intelligence.
As KDKA-TV’s Jon Delano reports, A.I. both advances knowledge and makes it easier for some to cheat.
Artificial intelligence is all around us, and it’s creating some worries about control, privacy, and cheating, especially in our schools. But local educators say A.I. should not be feared.
“We have to embrace it,” Penn State University professor Justin Aglio said.. “If you think about A.I. over the years, it’s kind of had a steady platform. But right now, we’re seeing this giant curve up where we have to do something with it because if we don’t, we going to be behind.”
A former public school teacher, Aglio directs the Readiness Institute at Penn State. He says mandating A.I. training for all is necessary for the digital safety of students, equity among students in all school districts, workforce development in the 21st century, and the national security of the United States.
He says our area can play a key role.
“Artificial intelligence, Pittsburgh has always been at the forefront of it,” Aglio said.
Some local districts have already embraced A.I. says Dr. Brian Stamford with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, which advises 42 school districts in the county.
“Not only do the students know how to use these tools and in many cases are asking if they can use them in the classroom, teachers are also beginning to explore using these tools in their personal lives for productivity and beginning to wonder how they can move them into the classroom for planning and instruction,” Stamford said.
That’s great for teachers, but can students cheat by getting A.I. like Chat GPT to write their essays or term papers?
“That is a common concern of not just teachers but also administrators, parents, and even school boards,” Stamford said.
Stamford says teachers first must be aware of the capabilities of Chat GPT and other A.I. tools, and then, second, tailor assignments to require a student to write creatively about their own personal background or classroom discussions unknown to A.I.
“One of the easiest ways teachers are preventing students from cheating using artificial intelligence is simply to ask kids to explain their work, either in a presentation or simply choosing a few sentences at random and saying, ‘I find this interesting. Can you tell me why you chose this approach?’” Stamford said.
And one big problem with A.I., as anyone who uses the internet knows, is that it is not always accurate, says Point Park University professor and former South Hills superintendent Dr. Linda Hippert.
“A.I. can save time with some things that are very cumbersome, but you still need to check for accuracy, and you need to make sure that your sources are valid and reliable sources,” Hippert said.
Artificial intelligence can get you started on an essay, but its information could easily be wrong and it won’t respond to the nuances of a smart teacher’s special instructions. But as an educational tool, A.I. is here to stay.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Penguins have made a trade with the St. Louis Blues, bringing defenseman P.O Joseph back to Pittsburgh.
The trade was announced Wednesday evening with Joseph coming back to the Penguins in exchange for future considerations.
Joseph spent his first four seasons in the NHL with the Penguins organization and posted career highs in games played, goals, and points during the 2022-23 season.
At the end of last season, Joseph was released and signed with the Blues as a free agent.
He’s played 23 games for the Blues so far this season, registering two assists.
Joseph is signed through the end of the current season with a cap hit of $950,000.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired defenseman P.O Joseph from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for future considerations, it was announced today by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas.
Joseph is signed through the end of the 2024-25 season and his contract carries an average annual value of $950,000.
The 25-year-old defenseman has played in 23 games for St. Louis this season, tallying two assists.
Joseph has played parts of five NHL seasons with St. Louis and Pittsburgh from 2020-2024, including his first four seasons with Pittsburgh. In 170 career NHL games, the defenseman has recorded eight goals, 31 assists and 39 points.
The 6-foot-2, 185-pound defenseman’s best NHL season came in 2022-23 with Pittsburgh where he registered NHL career highs in goals (5), assists (16) and points (21).
The Laval, Quebec native represented Team Canada at the 2023 World Championship, helping Canada capture the Gold Medal.
Joseph was drafted in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft by Arizona.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, after enduring several years of substandard quarterback play following Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement, adopted a new approach this past offseason by adding Russell Wilson and Justin Fields to the roster at low price points.
Those acquisitions were aimed at simultaneously raising both the floor and ceiling of the offense and the team itself through two players with varying levels of starting experience at the NFL level.
That gamble has paid off for the Steelers, as they are currently 10-4 and have clinched a playoff berth while Wilson and Fields have each contributed at different points throughout the year. Both signal callers will reach free agency after the season concludes, however, meaning Pittsburgh could suddenly have to start fresh at the position.
Should the Steelers opt not to hand out a significant pay raise to their incumbent quarterbacks, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio believes they could go back to the well and target current Atlanta Falcons field general Kirk Cousins on a cheap contract after he was benched in favor of rookie Michael Penix Jr.
“Think about this, they’ve got Justin Fields under contract for the rest of the year. They’ve got Russell Wilson under contract the rest of the year. They got them both for nothing. Like their entire quarterback depth chart was making less money than Mason Rudolph,” Florio said via NFL on NBC on YouTube. “If you can do this again, and you can bring Kirk Cousins to run your offense and play Steelers football with Arthur Smith … We’d like to get a long-term franchise quarterback. We haven’t found one yet. So, let’s just get a guy who, dollar for dollar, is a hell of a value.”
Cousins, who had spent the previous six campaigns with the Minnesota Vikings, inked a four-year deal worth $180 million back in March despite the fact that he tore his Achilles in Week 8 of the 2023 season.
The 36-year-old hasn’t looked like himself this year, throwing for 3,508 yards, 18 touchdowns and 16 interceptions over 14 contests. Now that he’s on the sideline in the middle of Atlanta’s playoff push, it’s become increasingly likely that he’ll end up elsewhere in 2025.
Cousins’ situation is rather similar to Wilson’s from his time with the Denver Broncos, who released him from a $245 million contract and took on $85 million in dead money in the process.
If the Falcons were to find a trade partner, they would incur $37.5 million in dead money. Because Cousins has a full no-trade clause, however, he could dig his heels in and simply refuse to agree to such a transaction for a multitude of reasons and hit the open market for a second-consecutive offseason.
In that case, Atlanta would be responsible for $65 million in dead cap. That would represent a far more palatable outcome for the Steelers, as Cousins would then garner a deal for the league minimum, much like the one Wilson agreed to with the team.
It’s far too early to gauge the true likelihood of such a move materializing for Pittsburgh, but it’s certainly an intriguing idea. Cousins should improve next season after being another year removed from his injury, and while losing Wilson would sting in this case, it would make it easier for the Steelers to also retain Fields if they so choose while continuing to build a contending roster.
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