Artificial Intelligence is transforming every sector and education can’t be left untouched. By 2025, it will be the next big thing that will change how we learn, says SACHIN DEV DUGGAL
In recent years, technology has transformed the way we perceive the reality of our world. Be it connecting with people across the world on social media, shopping clothes from an online store or having groceries delivered without us having to step out of our homes, today, human survival sans technology is simply unimaginable.
Through the years, science fiction authors, futurists, and movie makers alike have also been predicting the amazing (and sometimes catastrophic) changes that will arise with the advent of widespread artificial intelligence (AI) perceived as the next step in human evolution. Those not entirely familiar with artificial intelligence may envision a future riddled with robots that behave like humans. However, in truth, AI is nothing but advanced algorithms assisting machines in imitating human behaviour, especially in redundant tasks across industries. With so broad an impact, education is sure to be touched by AI. The question is, how?
Capabilities matter
An incredible aspect and the most prominent part of what technology can provide us with, has made inroads into our lives and is transforming the way we have been executing the simplest of our tasks. Based on user history, experiences or current usage patterns displays, AI can fulfill a myriad of demands for multiple users. It rests heavily upon profound learning principles and natural language processing techniques, wherein, machines can read vast amounts of data and process it to produce appropriate output.
AI involves the sophisticated application of smart algorithms to provide results and even, the ability to read the user intention for future implementation. Some critical aspects of AI are expert systems, speech recognition, and machine vision, apart from deep learning and NLP. Resultantly, it has emerged as the most capable choice to automate several administrative tasks
Impact
AI is offering robust support for even deeper application in the education industry. It has the power to evolve the way education is being imparted. From classroom teaching and textbook-based syllabus along with the simple grading system, AI can overhaul the individual learning journeys and turn them more personalised, predictive, efficient and effective.
The penetration of AI will help in setting necessary expectations on teacher’s accountability in improving learners’ knowledge. It will suggest appropriate ways to gain knowledge depending upon students’ abilities and breaking away from the traditional teaching approach of one size fits all.
It will become larger than life by the year 2025, as its application in the learning and education sector will increase by around 47%. From efficient tutoring methodologies to turning teaching techniques highly impactful, efficient and goal-oriented, AI surely has a more prominent role to play.
Considering the global shift towards technological dependencies, newer challenges in learning and human limitations will further amplify the scope of AI throughout the world. Aritifical Intelligence will help bring the global education industry under a single umbrella for all learning needs.