AI won’t replace teachers — but a classroom revolution is coming
Al JazeeraTeachers must remain in charge, but for that, they too will need to evolve. I added, “Until AI experiences heartbreaks, we must trust human teachers to nurture the hearts and minds of the next generation.” Yet it’s hard to ignore the growing questions and concerns emerging from — and about — the teaching community on the impact of AI on their jobs, their classrooms and their very vocation. Today’s schools should inspire students to be curious as this is an essential ingredient to conducting primary research, including in frontier areas, where humans have an edge over AI. In the same way that libraries and search engines don’t take away instruction responsibility from teachers, human educators must remain central in the age of educational AI. For instance, as AI disrupts sectors and occupations replacing old jobs and creating new ones, tertiary education institutions will be vital to skill, upskill, and reskill today’s workforce for the future.