Since the Big Bang the world has not stopped spinning, but it seems to be whirling faster and faster. Or at least the way things switch makes it seem that way.
In the present stage, for example, the advancement of artificial intelligence is overwhelming. Every day it expands, and the speed with which it prospers astonishes us. This development requires, today more than ever, that teachers have an analytical and reflective mentality of the learning process of their students in order to add value to their work in the classroom.
This dizzying evolution of intelligence places the language teacher in a new scenario: one that presents unprecedented and greater challenges. What opportunities do we have? Should we join the invader or face him?
Be serene. Far from fearing Artificial Intelligence, we have to take advantage of it. For this, the language teacher must become familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of its use in the process of learning a foreign language. And it could be of immense help.
In this new series of comments, we will be reflecting on this topic of exciting current relevance.
It will all come down to us humans making rational and objective decisions. Will we want a chatbot or a human teaching us, giving us financial advice, governing us, etc.? The rise of AI is both progressive and dangerous due to its rapidly evolving nature. Futuristic literature like Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World and Future Shock as well as films like Terminator and I, Robot have played with our imagination in the past, but it is now in the present that we must face a reality far from fiction.
AI is quite impressive; however, it comes with the danger of no human oversight: in order to know if the advice or answer generated by artificial intelligence is accurate, we must measure it against our own (human) value system. AI is full of knowledge, yet it lacks wisdom. As teachers, we are guides, human beings who understand principles through experience. In contrast, AI is nothing more than a world-class aggregation tool that will never be able to replace the human touch.
As human beings, we are unique and responsible individuals and we must firmly oppose interference in our personal, family, and business decisions whether it comes in the form of intrusive governments or invasive industries like Big Tech. In Peru and all over the globe, we should be free to live our lives and pursue our interests in a way that benefits the human experience by improving the quality of our lives. In the words of Sarah Connor: “There is no fate, but what we create.”
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