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Topics: Education, Teaching, Artificial General Intelligence, AI, ChatGPT, Philosophy, Anthropology
Title : AI and Education: Wisdom to question the nature
of educationParticipants: Tony Kashani
Ph.D., Educator, Author, PhilosopherPublish Date: 09/ 13/2023
Homepage : http://www.dreport.org
Quote:
“In order
for these new tools, very powerful potent tools to become a tool of education…you have to go and become the expert. And then we [will] have those tools in our hand.” – Tony KashaniConversation Topics:
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How will Artificial General Intelligence transform our society?·
How has AI affected the classroom?·
What is Artificial General Intelligence ( AGI)?·
What is the application of AI to the field ofEducation?·
What are the misunderstandings of what AI means, is capable of doing and orcannot do?·
What do thepeople that educate educators think about AI?·
What are the three types of AI? ( i.e., Generative AI, Image Generative AI(GAN), Reinforcement Learning AI)·
Can AI address questions of digital divide andconcerns of unequal control over the resource?·
How does the conversation change if we consider AI as a continuation of a longprocess of automating human labor?·
What are the bases of our fears over AI?·
In the age of AI, can teachers prepare students to succeed in the society of their adulthood?·
Is ChatGPT making students dumber?·
How do educators respond to the potential of AI to hurt students?·
Can ChatGPT replace teachers?·
“ The [AI] machines are not like humans. They donot have emotional intelligence. Theycannot build relationships with students… [Education] need[s] humans… We needhuman connection. [human connection] isan absolute necessity for teaching and learning.”·
What are the possibilities for transforming teaching if educators are incharge of AI?·
What is the nature of education?·
Can machines ever replicate the capabilities ofgreat human teachers?·
Who will decide the future ofeducation?·
Is AIable to transmit wisdom?·
Will people become dissatisfied with the systemthat depends on AI?·
Who holdsthe keys to control AI?·
What are the ethical questions concerning AI and education?·
What is our educational ikigai?·
How do we embrace the absurdity of ourexistence?



