This human had written a few 5 minute read articles on Artificial Intelligence and Humans in the different local newspapers. The thesis was simple, teachers and AI are competitors in the teaching profession.
Only a few of this works garnered attention and seldom does it ring bells of interactions from friends and fellow knowledge workers alike.
Several Search Engines can be consulted and that you can actually find in seconds a quick denial and AI Tool, denies outright the replacement of the Human Teachers by AI and Robots. Here is what one Artificial Intelligence reply:
The role of AI in education is expanding and evolving, but it’s unlikely that AI will completely replace human teachers in the near or distant future. While AI can offer personalized learning experiences, instant feedback, and efficient administrative support, there are certain aspects of teaching that only humans can provide. Here are a few reasons why human teachers remain irreplaceable:
If only we will take an AI’s word for it. Then we have to set the morbid thoughts aside and refuse to be bothered by the thoughts of being replaced.
Disruptive Technology
Samantha Rohn defines it as Disruptive technology is any new tool that changes how people and businesses think about something. Generally, disruptive technology emerges as a new approach to an existing activity (eCommerce, ridesharing) or as a completely new invention that entirely transforms how people do things (television, the Internet). Because of this, disruptive technology often leads to the creation of new products and industries, which displace existing ones.
My late Father was a mailman, when he retires in 2016, he was on an organization that was lonely, less frequented and out of relevance. Snail Mail was not anymore romantic the message reaches expiry dates and new innovations like Cellular Phone and Email, was lower in costs, almost free yet its faster, real time and reliable.
In the last 50 years, many of the technologies were replaced by a smarter, better versions yet it also starved and kill the incumbent with the drastic and even slow but sure transition of low tech to high tech metamorphosis.
• Typewriters to Computers
• Ordinary Camera to Digital Camera to Cellular Phone
• Physical Media to Digital Media
• Video Rental to Live Streaming
• Ordinary Mail to SMS/ Email
The teachers must realize that in their heydays the one replaced cash cow for companies that turned awry in such a short period.
Lacking Emotional Intelligence, Ethical Guidance and Empathy the AI will never be as good as Humans but in some aspects of the economy, Humans are being robbed by the AI for possible employment because AI or Robots can do the task without paid leave, all for several days at times. At a lower operating cost and less friction and conflict.
Will human teachers be replaced by AI Robots or Program; I am sure it will. The certainty that it will replace us Human Teachers or at the very least, they will be laid-off.
So how soon, only heavens know!
