It has been known for some time that AI is going to change the way we think about education. At university it is already used as a tool by 3 out of 4 students, although not everyone agrees with its use. But the reality is that it is a resource that is here to stay… Perhaps more than we think: in The search for balance can swing between extremes. And one of them is to replace teachers.
A London institute will allow the Students aged 15 and over can use AI tools before taking examseven though experts warn that they are not a good substitute for human teachers.
The David Game College pilot project is designed to Help students who have difficulty keeping up and also to the students who far exceed the others.
“Students will benefit greatly from AI-powered adaptive learning, which allows each student to learn at their own pace “rather than having to keep up with a class that often progresses too quickly for some students and too slowly for others,” said John Dalton, co-director of the institution, in an interview.
The measure could be driven not only by the fashion of this technology, but also by the UK’s teacher shortage, Although this is obviously just a band-aid on a much deeper wound, it does give us a glimpse of what is to come, a glimpse of the balance we are seeking.
This will certainly not be the extreme and there will be more surprising ones yet to come, what worries many is that this is a tool that is in its early stages and is not fully developed. It should also be noted that It has very important biases and has no “filters”: If he doesn’t know something, he will make it up. Humans can do that too, it’s true, but exchanging opinions with a machine is much more difficult than with humans. If we add to that the fact that we are leaving the responsibility of entering the minds of students during their first years of training to machines, there are many reasons to doubt.
Fortunately, the university will not be entirely reliant on AI tools. Students in the pilot scheme will be supported by three full-time learning tutors. Dalton used familiar arguments to defend the project, arguing that AI tools will free up teachers and allow students to learn more efficiently. Arguments very similar to those used when it comes to companies seeking to replace workers with AI..
The truth is that there are already cases of institutions that use AI in the classroom: in some private schools in Silicon Valley, students also receive classes from an AI-powered “tutor.”
One of the biggest problems with AI in education is its standardization: everyone will receive the same content, with the same language, it will be a kind of “brain mush” unless, based on the results, AI can adapt to each student and reinforce or stimulate their knowledge.
“The system doesn’t judge students,” Dalton says. “Instead, it allows them to learn at their own pace in a safe environment.” But the reality is that trying out a new technology, which is still It is not fully developed, it has many flaws and it is not regulated either.in the minds of minors, may not be the best idea.