Morehouse College in Atlanta recently announced a pilot program where students in certain classes will be able to reach out to and interact with an artificial intelligence teaching assistant for extra study help outside of class. The pilot program will have students interact with an AI version of their professor, which will answer their questions based on the professor's lectures, course notes, and other relevant background information. It's meant to provide students with 24/7 access to information that up to now might have required them to phone or email the professor.

What remains to be seen is what happens if the school believes a student who has interacted with the AI teaching assistant uses information provided by that assistant in an assignment, just as they might if they had called their professor. If you've been accused of improperly using AI by your school, the Lento Law Firm's Student Defense Team can help. Call us at 888.535.3686 or use our contact form to schedule a confidential consultation with one of our education law attorneys.

The Morehouse College AI Pilot Project

Morehouse College will be running its AI teaching assistant pilot program with five classes. The school will work with an outside company to create 3D “avatars” that can be made to resemble each class's professor. The AI avatars will accept written and spoken questions from students, responding with answers based on “professor-created” content. The avatar will also be able to respond to “unrelated topics” and can then “redirect the students back to the lesson.”

The use of AI as a teaching tool at Morehouse and other schools isn't without controversy. Faculty unions, in particular, are concerned that AI will be used by schools to replace student teaching assistants and, eventually, professors. Even though many teachers are using AI to help them develop classroom teaching material, students are still generally prohibited from using AI tools such as ChatGPT for assignments, projects, and tests.

Another problem with AI tools is, quite simply, they're often wrong. They provide incorrect responses or misinterpret the questions they've been asked. Students, professionals, and ordinary people who have blindly relied on AI for information have found that the information is incorrect, leading to many embarrassing moments and uncomfortable explanations.

The Lento Law Firm Student Defense Team Can Help If You've Been Accused of Using AI on Campus

While there are a number of websites and programs that claim to be able to detect AI content, many of these are just as inaccurate as the AI chatbots themselves. As a result, students can be unfairly accused of violating their school's academic honor code when the school's AI detector falsely claims that the student's content was AI-generated. If that has happened to you, or if you've been accused of any other honor code or disciplinary code violation by your school, the Lento Law Firm Student Defense Team can help.

Our experienced education law attorneys understand how school disciplinary proceedings work. We have defended thousands of students all across the country who have been accused of all different types of academic and other types of misconduct. We'll fight to protect your rights and defend you against accusations that can lead to you flunking a class, being put on probation, or even being suspended or expelled. Call us today at 888.535.3686 or use our contact form to schedule a confidential consultation to learn more about how the Lento Law Firm Student Defense Team can help you.