Therefore, according to its chairman, František Dobšík, the trade unions in education will aim to minimize risks. “Technology can help teachers, but it also brings risks and can disrupt traditional educational processes,” said Dobšík.
According to trade unionists, the risks of using AI include, among other things, the misuse of data relating to students, teachers and teaching and increasing inequalities. This is because teachers may have different access to technology and thus their professional development opportunities may differ. Trade unionists also consider the variable quality of online materials produced by these technologies and the existence of algorithms that will automatically make decisions to be questionable.
“This can also lead to unethical behavior by people who, based on technology data, exclude weak students from school or stigmatize students with special educational needs,” the members of the trade union decided.
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On the contrary, trade unionists positively evaluate the fact that technology can help teachers plan lessons, and thus save teachers’ time and make teaching more individualized. According to them, the systems can accurately reveal the weak points of students, on which it will be possible to focus further explanation and practice.
It does not replace the teacher
That robots and artificial intelligence cannot replace teachers, the director of the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) Susan Flocken said at the trade union convention. According to the director of the trade union federation, which represents 132 trade unions in the education sector in 51 countries, human contact and emotions are essential in teaching and learning.
Flockenová admitted that interest in the teaching profession in European countries has been declining recently and many educational systems in the Union are facing a shortage of pedagogues. But according to her, replacing teachers with robots is not a solution. She added that the European Union is preparing the regulation of artificial intelligence.
The European Union plans to divide the application into different categories and introduce different restrictions according to the risk they carry. MEPs describe the emerging EU regulation of artificial intelligence as the first legislation of its kind in the world. Its aim is to ensure the “ethical and human-oriented development of AI” in the European Union and to prevent the risks associated with the rapid development of these technologies.
A phenomenon called ChatGPT
Artificial intelligence has taken center stage with the development of ChatGPT. This chat system can generate a variety of texts including articles, essays, jokes and poetry based on simple queries. ChatGPT learns to respond to user input and, like humans, learns from large amounts of data.
In March this year, a more advanced GPT-4 artificial intelligence model was introduced. It should be able to provide safer and more useful answers and pave the way for the spread of human-like technologies.
ChatGPT is behind OpenAI, a start-up funded by Microsoft.
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