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AI in the Military Classroom
23 May 2025
AI in the Military Classroom. Actually AI in all classrooms. Actually the future of AI use for anything that requires education (think consulting, facilitation, workshops). Some highlights:
At this point, it may be edifying to see a few examples of how AI has been used at the Marine Corps War College this academic year. Here is one example that caught me by surprise. For the school’s semester-end oral comprehensives, one student used AI tools to analyze my online writings, predict likely exam questions, and generate concise answers. I was astonished to discover that all four questions I asked appeared on his AI-produced list. Another group streamlined their class presentation by feeding their research to ChatGPT, generating an essay, transforming it into a 20-slide presentation with Gamma, and then returning to ChatGPT for slide-specific talking points — all in under half an hour.
Another mind-bending AI fusion came with a 30-point how-to guide that’s now obsolete, things are moving so fast.
So:
The first removal is an easy decision: Writing assessments are banished forever. I will still have students write for various projects, but I expect them to use AI heavily. Then, by having them turn in a list of their prompts, I can actually track their critical thinking as they proceed through the assigned task.
Then a very interesting compilation of what they will do instead. But I think the overall message is similar to the one above—whatever you do to teach will rely on AI for the content, and be about assessing the method. See also Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic on AI. Similar noises.
Anthologies: Betterment, Wealth Architecture, Digital Architecture, On Being Fruitful, Humans Aren't Special, Noetik