"When I reflect on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, I am reminded of a lecture in which someone said they had taught their dog to talk. For a year, they gave lessons every day, applied all the pedagogical techniques, from the most traditional to the most modern, and dedicated themselves extraordinarily to this task. The result: the dog didn't learn!"
This is how the latest opinion piece by Conceição Silva, Deputy Director of Research, Innovation and Sustainability at Católica Porto Business School and Full Professor, begins, published in Público. Read it here (only in Portuguese).
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