‘AI can be incredibly useful to teenagers, especially in helping them manage their studies, explore interests, and connect with peers. However, over-reliance on AI can lead to reduced critical thinking and problem-solving skills.’ Sensible advice, right? What you’ve just read was generated by none other than AI itself (chat gpt)!

As a 15 year old girl in the thick of her GCSE’s, I am here to offer a younger person’s perspective on AI, rather than just a run-of-the-mill negative review of it. For me and my peers, it has many merits, but like all things, it has its faults too.

AI can be a very helpful tool for research, because of its specificity and clear bullet points. You can save hours of time that you would usually spend combing through different websites and books, trying to find the right information to backup an argument or point, by simply searching it on ChatGPT. Though as a general trend that I’ve noticed, teachers see this as lazy and uninventive, despite when being used for its correct function!

We as the younger generation have to understand that to our parents, AI is a ‘magical robot’ that has more knowledge than the average human. It is actually a very daunting prospect to us all that it could be taking over the world!

An issue with this is, the more adults that paint AI in a negative sense, the more the younger people will be inclined to use it. In short, parents are making AI a ‘forbidden fruit’.

Predictably, I am now going to discuss the danger of AI for teenagers. As I have witnessed amongst my peers, AI is being misused by young people for last-minute homeworks, or if they just can’t be bothered (not speaking from experience). This will quite obviously have an impact on their education, and will set them back.

In conclusion, I personally think that AI has many benefits, but also sparks fears amongst older generations that their children won’t grow up with the same creativity and originality as them.