Artificial intelligence is rapidly increasing in the field of education. In this contemporary era, there are wonderful AI applications that individuals like to use in their daily lives.
I still remember, during my college days, when I was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in science then one of my close she told me about the Instagram app, which I found good to connect with our friends, and nowadays, the one trend that is going on is “Studio Ghibli” which has taken the internet like a storm as it is an open AI,
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makes Ghibli-style images and creates them in their own imagined world, as it is a new social media trend used to make stickers, memes. “Studio Ghibli is a renowned Japanese animation studio, famous for creating beautifully crafted, imaginative, and emotionally resonant films. It was founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, two influential directors in the world of animation. The studio is widely regarded for its stunning artwork, deep storytelling, and themes of nature, humanity, fantasy, and self-discovery.“
There are different opinions regarding this trend as some found it really depressing to see. Miyazaki hated AI generated images. They are real people who draws every single frame of a Ghibli movie which takes a long time for artists to make. It takes years to make to a movie. But Open AI doesn’t care about the rules and rights, they even using Ghibli name for branding and advertisement purposes.
I also tried to to but some in different way that could be quite useful for the students therefore I tried to use Grok AI in the classroom can assist both educators and students with various tasks. For instance, Grok AI can generate lesson plans and suggest activities that utilize current teaching resources to meet the specific needs of learners. Moreover, by tracking student performance, AI can support data-driven decisions. In a classroom with diverse students, each learning differently due to their unique learning styles, Grok AI can help assess learning progress. Additionally, students can receive feedback and suggestions when they struggle with difficult concepts, providing them with instant responses to their challenges.
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Furthermore, the Grok tools offers learning styles, assess understanding, and foster critical thinking in multiple ways like I asked about the photosynthesis, then it does not give exact answer as it gave answer to make the child think about it by raising question that what do you think happens to the plant if it does not get sunlight? As a Science educator I found it really impressive, it encourages the critical thinking by asking questions to the readers. Grok stretches the imagination as by combining the one subject with another subject.
Grok tool has ability to adapt students learning style and pace because it can break the concepts from simple to complex. Also, AI can not replace the teachers, but the tool itself says that they are the magical tools to help the teachers in grading multiple choice questions, to make lesson plans with innovative activities, mentoring the students who need extra support. Grok AI can not able to provide teacher’s empathy or spontaneous magical classrooms, but the tools can assist the teachers to give more sparking outcomes in the future for the overall development of the learners.
My son absolutely loves to draw, and do art. I do have concerns about AI generated art because if it can copy the work of human artists in seconds. Will people still do art in 20 years? I hope so. I think that we do art because we truly enjoy it, and just like Grok cannot provide empathy or the personality of a teacher I also think AI generated art lacks that spark of creativity as it is just copying what humans have already created. I think AI is a useful personal assistant at my job, but I don’t like it for art. I haven’t tried Grok, and I wonder how it compares to other AI systems, like ChatGPT?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I really enjoyed reading about your exploration of Grok AI and how you’re using it in thoughtful, student-centered ways. I especially loved the example of Grok encouraging critical thinking by asking follow-up questions—what a great way to spark curiosity instead of just giving answers!
Beautiful to read. The technology market has been flooded with all kinds of AI tools, and one begins to question what is left for humans to do if AI has been trained to do most of the work. But as discussed in the class, AI does not have the affective and emotional capacity that we humans have. Despite my knowledge of many AI tools, I must agree that this is my first time hearing of Studio Ghibili and Grok AI. This is indeed an added knowledge for me. Thanks for sharing.