{"id":238390,"date":"2026-05-02T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/some-santa-barbara-educators-are-embracing-ai-in-the-classroom\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T00:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:10:14","slug":"some-santa-barbara-educators-are-embracing-ai-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/some-santa-barbara-educators-are-embracing-ai-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Santa Barbara Educators Are Embracing AI in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some Santa Barbara Educators Are Embracing AI in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.independent.com\/2026\/05\/02\/some-santa-barbara-educators-are-embracing-ai-in-the-classroom\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-02 18:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.independent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how students write, think, and learn \u2014 proving itself to be a double-edged sword. At Dos Pueblos High School and UC Santa Barbara, the next generation is being taught how to use it as a tool, not a crutch \u2014 and recently, UCSB has announced it will launch a new undergraduate major in artificial intelligence for the 2026\u201327 academic year.<\/p>\n

Many folks try to pick out the software\u2019s writing, saying that the heavy use of em dashes, or the \u201cit\u2019s not this, it\u2019s this\u201d formula are telltale signs. The issue with that train of thought is that both are frequently used in AI-produced writing because that is based on human-produced writing, which uses both.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As far as AI detection goes, many UCSB professors try to discern their students\u2019 work from a robot through the use of artificial intelligence detectors (which are also powered by artificial intelligence), such as Turnitin. The AI platforms that students use such as Chat GPT and Google Gemini are Large Language Models (LLMs), which means they take the most familiar patterns used in writing, coding, calculations, etc. and spit out the most likely answer. If the answer is the most likely one, how hard is it to differentiate between it and a real student?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no such thing as an AI detector,\u201d said Dos Pueblos High School video production and yearbook teacher John Dent.<\/p>\n

UCSB multimedia and writing professor Daniel Frank agreed. \u201cYou cannot detect AI writing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe speak in patterns. That\u2019s what AI produces \u2014 patterns.\u201d<\/p>\n

False positives and false negatives, he added, make enforcement unreliable, particularly for students who already write in formulaic ways, including English-language learners.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we just say, \u2018Don\u2019t use it,\u2019 all we\u2019re doing is pushing it into the shadows,\u201d Frank said. \u201cAnd then students use it in all the wrong ways without understanding what it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cWriting is thinking,\u201d Frank…<\/p>\n

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