Welcome to Outpost Oops―a haven where you can explore ways not only to care well for your mind but also to make your world a nicer place. We hope you’ll become a member of the Outpost Oops Planetary Society (OOPS). To do so, you merely need to sometimes use Outpost Oops to discover and recall ways to strive to be kind and fair. Along with regularly adding new materials, we post a weekly oopsity (oop-si-ty)―a brief commentary for you to mull. Mentors may find having students discuss our oopsities helpful. Our current oopsity follows. Thanks for stopping by.
Could AI Have an Unintended Positive Impact?
That artificial intelligence (AI) makes it easy for students to plagiarize is a widespread concern. Teachers on all levels note the need to make sure the work submitted by learners isn’t an AI creation. As many see it, a technological snare—a trap that will nab offenders—is needed.
Rather than a remedy based on distrust, how about emphasizing an experiential style of teaching, during which logic, empathy and respectfulness would be practiced with here-and-now simulations. Such a style would foster trust, kindness and fairness. Specifically, students would craft and enact healthy simulations—opportunities to role-play and hone the interaction skills needed to maintain personal and communal harmony. Possibly, AI could, in time, be programmed to interact in ways that model the healthy persona needed to decrease hurtfulness and increase harmony.
Try this: Those interested in lessons that feature simulation might find it useful to check out The Niceology Instruction Guide (Teaching menu).
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Handy Activities:
Whether a curious explorer or a diligent mentor, the options at the top of the homepage as well as those found below provide a variety of ready-to-use ways to carry out mental self-care.
