3 reasons why AI could be your new teaching sidekick NEO BLOG

This post was originally published in Innovate My School Inspiration, on January 26th, 2018. With artificial intelligence (AI) on the rise, educators have increasingly reflected on how this might impact teaching in the coming years, with some of the more scary predictions even suggesting that machines could one day replace teachers altogether. This fear is largely unfounded and an unhelpful way to think about AI and education; rather than posing a threat, when used correctly AI could actually be the very best sidekick for teachers in the classroom. The thought of a machine capable of learning with the potential to become smarter than us can often be a scary prospect, particularly because it challenges the common human belief that we are better and brighter than all other species on the planet. A number of rather recent headlines have fueled these fears, such as Facebook's decision to shut down its AI program last year after it invented its own language, or Stephen Hawking's warning that if we get AI wrong it could kill us when it gets too clever.