Matthew Woessner
As the nation grapples with how to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into military education, it must resist the temptation to frame the debate as a binary choice—either banning AI from the classroom or adopting permissive rules that allow students to use the technology as a substitute for genuine reading, writing, research, and reasoning. In my article, “A Guide to Collaborating With AI in the Military Classroom,” I argue for a middle way in which professional military education (PME) strategically adopts AI, while ensuring that students do not become overly dependent on the technology for problem-solving. My thesis is that, in order to partner effectively with a machine, students must first develop substantive knowledge, core skills, and independent judgment. An overly permissive approach to AI will seriously undermine PME’s mission to prepare leaders to fight and win America’s wars.
In a resounding rejection of this middle way, Professor Jim Lacey of Marine Corps University published an article titled “Transitioning Professional Military Education to All AI—All the Time,” in which he dismisses the notion that an overreliance on AI can have a deleterious effect on student learning. According to his account, the rapid adoption of AI across PME is the only responsible way forward. Lacey states that the views of professors who have “opted for obsolescence” hold opinions that are no longer relevant, and critics who argue that AI might undermine critical thinking will be “pushed into history’s trash bin.”
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