Artificial intelligence in education: and interests of and benefits for children, teachers schools

Abstract

This chapter addresses the question of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the field of education broadly construed and elaborates on the possible impact of these changes. It addresses the challenges posed to the main stakeholders, that is, pupils and their families, teachers, and institutions of primary and secondary education. In particular, the goal is to address the rights of the children and teachers, the duties of educational institutions, and the role of AI in this context: This chapter focuses on pupils’ right to education and teachers’ right to academic freedom within the context of 5 ways in which AI can be deployed in education (Plitnichenko, 2020). In addition, the educational institutions have a corresponding duty to protect and ensure these rights, and the big question is whether AI is an asset or a liability in achieving this goal. The Chapter looks at the difficulties to turn AI into an asset and make it functional in ensuring these rights, bearing in mind the specificities of AI in the educational domain, such as extreme vulnerability of pupils (who are mainly minors), the continuous threats of profiling and manipulation that all citizens are becoming more and more aware of, and, finally, the importance of the educational sector for our democracies