The better question may be whether or not that “cheating” student is learning the subject matter and becoming more prepared for life in a brave new AI-driven world. That “cheating” student may be the one racing ahead of our antiquated thinking. To use a metaphor, maybe that “cheating” student is learning code while the student next to them is still stuck on Latin. “We have a middle school art teacher who taught her students to use AI to create wraps for skateboards,” said Gershman. In the age of artificial intelligence, our kids will need to learn how to keep their feet planted in reality.