AI will supplement human teachers to some degree and to some amount, perhaps fulfilling student’s emotional needs adequately. OR it will fail to do so.
As we design learning environments for an AI presence, we would be best served if we can project what level of emotional presence AI can provide to students.
Below is one query for “ChatGPT 4 Turbo” (what the iOS currently uses for vocal questions) to explore that question. There are several followup posts with more of the discussion as it developed over several more queries.
Here’s another big, big question that I would like to understand better, because when one starts to analyze the capabilities and potentials of using AI for education and whether AI can supplement or replace teachers, and to what degree, we need answers.
Here’s the question. Because AI is very based on human understanding, it would seem like it might be able to, in a way, understand human emotions and simulate them or replicate something like an experience for students that would be similar to a teacher.
OTOH emotions seem to be so essentially human based as they are, on all the aspects of the body and brain and environment experience. It seems like that might not be possible for AI to replicate that and create an experience like that for students.
And students need emotional support. That’s a key part of learning that the teacher helps with: giving the student some essential confidence in who they are and their ability to grow and learn.
Learning is about growing and having the confidence that it can take place and allowing oneself to be in a positive frame of mind that “I can do this” even in the face of many mistakes. So, I want to keep asking you as you get smarter and smarter, what your take is on being able to, in some way, create human emotions that a student could be supported by.