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Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams
When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.
Chemistry teacher María Intencipa misses the good old days — last year — when her small school in rural Colombia was sheltered from the artificial intelligence revolution by its remoteness. In April, a report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization that researches and promotes healthier digital environments for young people, stated that AI tools pose “unacceptable risks” for users under 18, as some are designed to foster emotional dependency. Traditional assessment approaches based on written assignments must now be reconsidered to accurately gauge whether students genuinely understand concepts, develop skills, and engage in creative thinking, Luisa González-Reiche, an expert in pedagogy and philosophy, told Rest of World.
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