Artificial intelligence (AI) hit the educational sector like a tidal wave. One day, without an iota of forewarning, students were suddenly able to have AI write term papers, answer quiz questions, and do other work that teachers intended for the students, not their AI tool of choice.
While it was initially understandable for educators to ban all forms of AI in their students' schoolwork, there has been ample time for teachers and administrators to adopt more nuanced approaches. Schools are increasingly permitting students to use AI tools in ways that complement the student's effort, rather than the AI doing the work for the student.
Beautiful.ai is one of the platforms with obvious potential to enhance students' visions into reality. The presentation-focused platform makes PowerPoint look like a relic, and students in virtually any grade could find its suite of tools to be both time-saving and creatively powerful.
Yet, if educators do not understand what Beautiful.ai is, how it works, or how the platform fits into a nuanced AI-centric academic conduct policy, a student's creative ambition could be used against them. If you or your student is facing potential sanctions for using Beautiful.ai or another AI-powered resource, call the Lento Law Firm today at 888-535-3686 or contact us online to discuss how we can help.
Beautiful.ai Helps Students Make Lackluster Slideshows, Well, Beautiful
Slideshows have been a staple of student presentations for ages. Whether the students were using smoke signals, an overhead projector, or PowerPoint to get their points across in a visually engaging way, presentations allowed students to add flair and wrinkles that public speaking alone can't convey.
Beautiful.ai constitutes the next evolution in visual presentations, as it allows the user to:
- Choose a smart template for their slideshow
- Type in notes, ideas, statistics, and other elements that the platform incorporates into the slideshow
- Resize, recolor, and edit AI-generated graphics within slideshows
The platform's DesignerBot translates the student's written ideas into graphics and slides. Rather than having to scour PowerPoint or watch YouTube tutorials just to find a substandard feature, Beautiful.ai eliminates much of the guesswork and creative gaps so the final results more closely mirror the student's vision.
How Using Beautiful.ai Might Expose a Student to Alleged Wrongdoing
Students who use Beautiful.ai or another AI-integrated resource to create a presentation might be accused of violating academic conduct policy. You might be accused of:
- Using Beautiful.ai to complete elements of a project that you were expected to complete on your own
- Dishonesty, particularly if you were not proactive in asking the professor whether using Beautiful.ai was permitted
- Violating AI-specific academic policies
You may have several defenses to such allegations of wrongdoing. As attorneys who represent students accused of wrongdoing simply for using the latest technologies at their disposal, we know that students are often blamed for the failures of educators and administrators.
In the AI Era, Many Students Face Discipline Because of Educators' Failures
Students of all ages deserve proactive guidance and clear rules. Yet, most educators were caught flat-footed by the emergence of AI-powered resources like ChatGPT and Beautiful.ai, and a failure to quickly adapt to this new slate of resources led some to:
- Fail to put together a clear policy regarding students' AI use
- Put the onus on students to determine what AI-powered resources would be permitted, and which would constitute an unethical violation of academic expectations
- Sanction students for any use of AI-powered tools, rather than conducting a case-by-case evaluation that would be more appropriate due to the vast, diverse array of AI resources
Educators should be curious, and they should also take the time to understand the many tools that can allow their students to be better students, whether it's ChatGPT, Beautiful.ai, or any of the countless other programs that use artificial intelligence to enhance the learning experience.
As students have become increasingly comfortable using artificial intelligence in their daily lives, a whole new category of disciplinary issues has arisen in schools nationwide, affecting students of all ages. Even when schools attempt to implement coherent, comprehensive AI-specific conduct policies, we find that those policies:
- Become quickly outdated
- Do not account for the broad spectrum of AI-powered resources, including niche products like Beautiful.ai
- Often fail to clarify exactly how students can and cannot use artificial intelligence
- Contradict individual teachers' policies
- Leave far too much room for misinterpretation and judgment calls
If you are facing potential discipline because you chose to embrace the latest and greatest technology, we may argue that educators' failures—not yours—are the fundamental problem.
How the Lento Law Firm Student Discipline Defense Team Fights for Students Who Are Scolded for Embracing AI
The Lento Law Firm Student Discipline Defense Team tailors our help to each student we represent. Our assistance in cases involving alleged misuse of AI technologies often involves:
- Evaluating a school's AI usage policies
- Determining the root cause of why the student is facing potential discipline, which could be a muddled behavioral policy, misunderstanding, mistake by an educator, or other issue
- Exploring a negotiated resolution between the student and their school
- Preparing the student for any interviews, hearings, and other proceedings that are part of the disciplinary process
- Exercising appeals when necessary
When a student is disciplined, that discipline almost always blemishes their reputation. Such a blemish can prove extremely limiting, as it can affect college admissions, scholarships, job opportunities, and the student's quality of life.
We take student discipline defense seriously, as something as innocent as using an AI-powered presentation software can have long-ranging consequences on the student's life.
Call the Lento Law Firm Today to Discuss Your Defense
Student defense is a niche, underserved legal focus we are passionate about. Schools get it wrong far too often, and they can even discipline a student for the failures of administrators, professors, and other adults who failed to clarify AI-related behavioral policies.
Let us fight for the best outcome in a high-stakes situation. Call the Lento Law Firm today at 888-535-3686 or contact us online to discuss how we have helped many students accused of misusing AI resources, and how we can help you or your student fight similar allegations.
