I don't think the standards or expectations are equivalent for the teacher and the student in this case. The student's job in doing the assignment to learn the material and demonstrate they have. A student using AI as a shortcut compromises that objective. The teacher's job is to teach the material and assess the student. Using AI in this way as a shortcut to produce a graphic not core to that teaching or assessment does not compromise that objective in anyway. False equivalences are not helpful to anyone.
Do as I say, not as I do. Teaching children that there are different expectations for different purposes and people is exactly what should be done.
Why do children wear uniforms whilst the teacher wears office clothing? Why do parents go to bed later than children? Why do some jobs pay more or less? Saying that children are impressionable and making learning equivalent to a teaching resource is more than an over simplification and exactly the kind of assinine comment parents throw at teachers that just make life harder. If, as it like is, AI, all they've done is make it more visually appealing and child friendly than what might otherwise appear to be a miserable threat.
“Do as I say, not as I do” is supposed to be used to highlight hypocrisy. Not taken as a literal benchmark. Teaching kids that there are different expectations for different parties is exactly what not should be done.
That might be the context that you use it in. It's not hypocrisy, in many, many situations it is the instruction. Do as you're asked to do, don't do it the way that I am. It's not hypocrisy it is, as stated in my previous post, the way the world works. Making this clear is important to children.
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u/Next-Supermarket9538 14h ago
I don't think the standards or expectations are equivalent for the teacher and the student in this case. The student's job in doing the assignment to learn the material and demonstrate they have. A student using AI as a shortcut compromises that objective. The teacher's job is to teach the material and assess the student. Using AI in this way as a shortcut to produce a graphic not core to that teaching or assessment does not compromise that objective in anyway. False equivalences are not helpful to anyone.