Artificial Intelligence and Education: Is It Necessary, Is It Convenient?

• Enrique Estellés-Arolas ^[1] ; Javier Pérez Bou ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Católica de Valencia
• Localización: The Education Revolution through Artificial Intelligence: Enhancing Skills, Safeguarding Rights, and Facilitating Human-Machine Collaboration / coord. por Carlos Hervás-Gómez, María Dolores Díaz Noguera, Fulgencio Sánchez Vera, 2024, ISBN 978-84-10282-58-2, págs. 29-42
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Blockchain, cryptocurrencies and metaverse are technologies that have been all the rage in recent years. One might be tempted to add Artificial Intelligence to this group of technologies as just another fad, but unlike these, AI has been able to integrate into many areas of people’s lives and find practical use cases.

    It was already doing so implicitly through virtual assistants (Siri, Alexa, etc.), but now it is doing so openly, with users being aware that they are using AI tools.

    What is happening with AI, as has happened with other technologies throughout history, is that its supporters and detractors quickly emerge. And even more so when dealing with a subject as sensitive as education. Some tend to idealize its use, minimizing possible problems or risks, while others tend to fatalize about it and about the havoc it will cause.

    Given this situation, it is worthwhile to critically analyze the advantages and disadvantages of AI as an educational tool, always asking the same question: what is in the best interest of the students? In this book chapter we analyze different use cases and technical reports that will allow us to identify advantages, disadvantages, and good practices.