Importance of Artificial Intelligence In Education
“A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.” — Alan Perlis
AI and its importance
In a very simple language, artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence shown by machines as opposed to the natural intelligence shown by humans or animals. Artificial intelligence is the net sum of large data combined with fast and iterative processing and intelligent algorithms. These algorithms allow the computer to learn automatically from patterns or features in the data.
AI would hold a very important position in education in this century. Students interacting with bots during and after classroom teaching will be a very regular site in schools and homes in the coming times. The AI would help the students to get very personalized tutoring at a suitable pace at the time convenient for her/him.
The computers would set the perfect pace of lessons for each student. In traditional teaching, students with varying capabilities are combined into a single group, thus creating disparities. AI would make education a very personalized experience. For the educators, it would help in assessing the needs of each pupil and bringing in the lessons more effectively.
The traditional methods of teaching feedback sometimes cannot give the correct assessment; the AI-based feedback would show a realistic assessment of the teaching effectiveness. The AI software-based assessment would also bring in the evaluation of learning disabilities among students and help the educator to bridge the gap.
AI-powered online assessment
These techniques are being incorporated into exams. These systems set the question papers themselves, from a preexisting question bank based on records & result patterns. For a country like India with a large young population providing quality education based on the traditional teaching methods and infrastructure would be a Herculean task in the future. The AI would be roped in for betterment to aid educators. The concept of Right To Education would transform into Right To Quality Education with the support of AI!!