Summary
- Predictions about the negative impact on education of new technologies such as artificial intelligence are often not based on any specific evidence, but are expressions of anxiety by parents and others about changes in the world and the uncertainty of the future that children will inherit.
- Such skepticism tends to overestimate the impact of specific technologies and underestimate the ability of educational institutions to adapt and incorporate new tools into existing practices.
- Safinah Ali, an assistant professor at NYU Steinhardt, suggests that in the future teachers will focus more on evaluating students’ creativity, empathy, and critical thinking, and students may also be evaluated on their ability to use AI tools effectively, without compromising their ability for original thought.
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