Students, artists raise AI concerns across schools, art

Students and young artists are raising concerns about generative AI’s spread in schools and creative work, citing academic cheating, automated grading, environmental impacts, and threats to student safety, development, and future careers. In Long Beach, a student-led campaign is pressing the school district to ban classroom AI, using satirical skits at board meetings to make its case. In Audubon, student representatives objected to AI-generated school graphics and proposed hiring student artists to create promotional materials. Graphic design students interviewed in Ontario argued that AI-generated ads often look generic and can undermine consumer trust, though they were not convinced AI would displace human designers. Other artists are using image-to-video AI to animate completed work, framing it as a tool that can extend an artist’s practice while raising questions about authorship and craft; a Hartford art school also held a discussion about generative AI’s role in the art world.