If I tell you about Estonia, you surely think of a small, digital and very advanced country. And you are not wrong because it has been a world reference for technological innovation and digital education for years.
Now, this country has decided to take a step that many are looking with magnifying glass: integrate chatgpt and other artificial intelligence tools directly in their schools. Sounds in the future, but it is a reality that is already raising blisters, especially among teachers.
From the outside, the idea sounds great. Having an intelligent assistant to help you find information, to understand difficult concepts or to create texts can be a brutal change.
Neerav Kingsland, from Anthropic, says that «Estonia is creating a model that other countries will probably follow.» And it is not for less: the AI promises to customize learning and prepare young people for jobs that do not even exist.
Chatgpt arrives at school and the teachers already prepare the resistance plan
But here comes the ‘but’. Teachers are not so happy. According to several surveys, most recognize that it does not understand how Chatgpt works and fears that education is completely ruined. Some even consider that you are closer to a crisis than we think.
And it is not for less, since 87% of teachers already detect works done with AI, and 90% say that their students try to use it to try to collapse it as if it were their own.
The big question is: Is ChatGPT an ally to learn or a trap to copy effortlessly? Some centers are already betting on the AI transparently. For example, at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia they reward students to use Chatgpt … provided they explain how and why.
As published by the professor himself in his X account, «this four -month period, for the first time, we are granting an extra point in the note for students who are part of a practice with Chatgpt and justify it correctly.» At the IE University, AI is an official part of the curriculum, teaching students not to believe everything that the machine says and to contrast the information.
But many teachers fear that indiscriminate use of AI will end creativity, effort and critical thinking. Simply, what is the use of learning to write or reason if a robot does it for you? In addition, it worries that students lose basic skills and that human interaction, so important in education, is reduced to the background.
What experts say: neither everything good nor everything bad
«The language generation can be useful in the writing, edition and review of texts. It can help generate creative ideas, improve grammar and style and increase content production speed. Tutors can provide personalized educational support to students, adapting the content and learning rate to individual needs. In addition, it can help in the creation of didactic material and in the evaluation of students’ Computer today Josué Pérez Suay, specialist in artificial intelligence and chatgpt.
However, there are others who warn that «the use of a tool such as Chatgpt can undermine the fundamental purpose of an end of degree work, which is to demonstrate the skills, knowledge and competences acquired during the race.»
«If there are no clear rules and training, AI can encourage plagiarism and superficial learning. Educational systems have to adapt quickly to prevent technology from becoming an easy shortcut,» they add.
While Estonia throws himself into the pool, other countries are more cautious. France or Germany, for example, have chosen to limit the use of mobiles and AI in classrooms, concerned about quality academic concentration and training.
But a report by the PISA program shows that the countries that make up the technology with a head, such as Finland or Estonia, get better results and further encourage creativity and critical thinking. So there is no magic formula, but everything depends on strategy and accompaniment.
The truth is that nobody has the 100% response. Estonia has taken a novel and certainly brave step, but the rest of the world continues to monitor carefully and quite fear. What is clear is that AI has come to stay and that education will have to adapt yes or yes.
The question is whether it will be done with the head, training teachers and students so that AI is one more an ally, or if it will fall into the easy trap of depending too much on it and losing skills that are essential.
Be that as it may, the debate is served and there are very divided opinions that will bring a lot of tail. Many questions are left in the air: do you want your child to learn with Chatgpt in class? Or do you prefer to continue with the usual methods?
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Tags: Education, artificial intelligence, software