My thoghts on artificial Intelligence

Recently, I’ve read many interesting articles regarding artificial intelligence on the web. Artificial intelligence and robotics are two of the fastest improving fields today. There have been vast improvements starting from artificial math tutors to interactive playmates for young children. The future is very bright indeed in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. In fact, I would say that a world that we only saw in science fiction movies and books is inevitable. Currently, because there is a shortage of teachers, such a world in which artificially intelligent robots can lessen the shortage seems attractive. Nevertheless, whether such a world would be beneficial to our society must be considered carefully because teachers play one of the most important roles in society. First and foremost, we must ask whether or not we can trust artificially intelligent robots and programs with our children. A machine, unlike a human, does not have emotions or morals or decision making capabilities. Therefore, a clear cut moral choice for a human may not be so obvious to a machine. Do we want our children to learn in such a cold and heartless environment? A teacher’s job goes beyond simply providing the students mathematical formulas or information about the civil war. A teacher’s job, more than ever, requires a human element of love. A teacher is somebody that the students should be able to turn to regarding not only academic problems, but emotional and life problems as well. Secondly, I believe students, and eventually the society as a whole, would lose the ability to creatively think and solve problems. A machine, no matter how “intelligent,” is merely following coded laws rules. Sometimes, a teacher must make the decision to break those rules for some students who are particularly gifted. In other words, each and every student differs in terms of what they are capable of producing. They are unique. Therefore, a computer program that treats every student the same would not be very effective in bringing out the best possible performance in them. I remember the best teacher that I’ve ever had was not necessarily the “smartest” teacher. I remember my favorite teacher as someone who was warm and kind. He had an eye for seeing the students’ talents and skills. He knew how to react to every student’s needs and when to punish and when to compliment. Lastly, because I respected this teacher very much, I tried incredibly hard to do well in the class. There is a relationship that forms between the students and the teachers, and this relationship element plays a vital role in any learning environment.