In our ongoing series about the impact of AI at Jesuit High School, Jesuit Media writers are focusing on the many ways it affects a Jesuit education.

On Wednesday March 13th, junior Tara Chilkunda presented a workshop on Artificial Creativity & Intelligence to provide more information on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and get students to start thinking about the limitations and impacts it has on our lives.

Starting off, Chilkunda presented a Kahoot! and different activities for students to get an introduction to what AI is and what it can create. Some of the activities included having students decide what art picture is AI generated or the original and talking in small groups about when AI could be ethical to use.

“My goal was to make the presentation more interactive, so the students get more out of it, because for me personally, when I’m just listening to someone talk for 45 minutes, I tend to zone out. But if there’s activities that get me involved within the presentation, then I tend to learn more and get more out of it,” Chilkunda said.

Senior Elliot Parelius shared what he learned from the workshop.

“I learned that there’s a dilemma in ownership when it comes to AI and people exploring its limits which introduces whether AI should take the credit for work that we ask it to create.”

Chilkunda also presented a slideshow to help students understand 3 big issues that AI has started to create: lack of transparency, embedded bias, and privacy concerns. With those problems, she showcased the importance of realizing the limitations AI has and in some cases how it brings in room for discrimination and prejudice.

Chilkunda discussed why she took on this workshop and why she thought it was important to share with others.

“I just chose this workshop to learn more about Al in general. I didn’t know much about it going in but it is being used a lot here in school and around me in general. So I thought I should know more about it so I just took this as an opportunity to learn”.

As the class was full of students listening to Chilkunda inform about AI, freshman Anna Zupan explained why she wanted to be a part of the workshop.

“I chose this workshop because I wanted to learn more about how to make art and what its creativity capabilities are”.

As Chilkunda finished up her workshop, she wanted Jesuit students to look towards the future and have more knowledge about AI.

“Al is definitely a helpful tool, but there are definitely some concerns we should have as we use it. Make sure to verify what you did or researched before just submitting it and fact check it because it can’t be fully trustworthy. AI is still training and learning just like we are so it’s important to understand its limitations”.

If you are interested in learning more about Artificial Intelligence, check out classes like computer science and try out internships to explore more information about AI and its impact.