AI and Education: Wisdom to question the nature of education D Report

Topics:  Education,  Teaching, Artificial General  Intelligence, AI, ChatGPT, Philosophy,  Anthropology

Title : AI and Education: Wisdom to question the nature
of education

Participants:   Tony  Kashani
Ph.D., Educator, Author, PhilosopherPublish Date: 09/ 13/2023

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 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 Kashani

Conversation Topics:

·      
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 of
Education?

·      
What are the misunderstandings of  what AI means, is capable of doing and or
cannot  do?

·      
What  do the
people 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 and
concerns of unequal control over the resource?

·      
How does the conversation change if  we consider AI as a continuation of a long
process 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 adult
hood?

·      
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 do
not have  emotional intelligence. They
cannot build relationships  with students…
 [Education] need[s] humans… We need
human connection.  [human connection] is
an absolute necessity for teaching and learning.”

·      
“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 Kashani

·      
What are the possibilities for  transforming teaching if educators are in
charge of AI?

·      
What is the nature of  education?

·      
Can machines ever replicate the capabilities of
great human teachers?

·      
Who 
will  decide the future of
education?

·      
Is  AI
able to transmit  wisdom?

·      
Will people become dissatisfied with the system
that depends on AI?

·      
Who  holds
the  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 our
existence?