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DZone > AI Zone > Will AI Replace Teachers?

Will AI Replace Teachers?

AI can make teachers better by providing greater insight into what students need. But will this result in AI replacing teachers altogether?

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Apr. 20, 18 · AI Zone · Opinion
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With technology taking leaps in the future, experts suggest that machines will soon replace humans in an unsuited way. Recently, a research study portrayed how AI (artificial intelligence) will soon replace teachers with the help of machine learning.

Automation will put the jobs of different teachers at risk. Teachers will have no need to offer their services and will be in classrooms to set up the equipment for the students and maintain discipline. Human life will change, and this will open up an era where one day we will be ruled by robots and gadgets. 

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How Will AI Help Teach Children?

The AI-powered systems will teach children and will continue learning with time. The behavior will change with more changes, and the systems will operate accordingly. The machines will work at their own pace and progress with time and will get smarter in their learning through artificial intelligence.

The systems will be installed in each of the classrooms, and they will learn what most excites the students. For example, a lot of students need advice on writing, though they aren't very interested in studying it. This will offer a natural level of challenge which isn’t so hard or so easy, but which is exactly appropriate for the individual students.

Robotic teachers can meet the primary needs and AI-capable entities will help to solve the critical, pervasive, and systemic issues in education.

How Can AI Teachers Change the World?

Technology is the future, and digital teachers can revolutionize the world and education. AI-enabled teachers won’t need any days off nor will they ever be late to work. Authorities just need to teach the machine based on the subjects to be taught, and the entire fleet of AI instructors will receive and provide the instructions accordingly.

The AI systems will work efficiently and never will make any error or mistake. If the systems are programmed properly, they will never show any biases towards any students based on gender, race, or socioeconomic status. The systems can also identify personal preferences and other needed considerations so that every student gets individual guidance. 

AI can boost teaching and can make teachers better by helping them get greater insights into what students actually need.

What Are the Negatives?

Online learning has seen a huge growth in the last decade and increasingly complicated AI may not able to replace the teaching profession at all. After all, machines cannot replace the creative and diverse perception of the human mind. We already know some of the biggest fails with AI and how AI can turn out to be a threat to mankind. 

The shortage of teachers in many countries indicates that the job is still in high demand. AI will help add perspective to educators that will help to educate students in a better way. 

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