Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Future of Human Learnings: Integrating Technology with Ethics and Intellect
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58352/tis.v51i1.980Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence-Human Learning-Ethical Education-Intellect SafeguardsAbstract
Purpose and Background: This paper seeks to explore the avenues of productive use of AI in human learnings without compromising the academic integrity, intellectual independence, impartiality, privacy and authenticity of the outcomes. Education is one of the most intruded sectors, disrupted by the digital technologies especially so in the post-COVID 19 era. Whereas, the use of digital technologies in education including AI has advantages like personalized learning, unlimited scope of information, and speedy sifting of data in the desired formats; its demerits include intrusion to privacies, intellectual shutdowns and tunnelling the insights.
Research Method: The research endeavour follows mixed method approach using primary as well as secondary data to analyse the use of AI in education and its implications especially in developing countries like Pakistan. The main sources of primary data include university students and faculty members who remained involved in formal classroom learning and teaching respectively. The secondary sources included semester results of the students, their formative assessments at university levels, official websites and literature review.
Conclusions and Findings: In developing countries like Pakistan, use of AI, made its substantial breakthrough in the later stage of COVID-19 time-period. Copy-paste was the first practice among faculty members and students. First check on its blind use came in through the applications of plagiarism software; introduced by the Higher Education Commission (HEC). This study found groups of senior faculty members apprehending its use detrimental to intellectual development, critical thinking and respect to privacies. The other group regarded it a useful technology for saving time and effort. The due diligence of the study finds it as benefiting to the human learning like other information and computing technologies through techno-intellect integration.
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