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In some ways, a lot of people see it as a zero-sum game – as computation and technical skills and STEM eclipsing those old disciplines of art, and culture, and language. There’s no doubt we’re in a new world where technicality is playing a larger role. But not everyone believes that the humanities are dead or obsolete, or that we shouldn’t guide young learners toward them.
“I do think that AI tools are transforming the opportunities for people in college,” Paul Alivisatos, President of the University of Chicago, said in an interview with Nitin Mittal of Deloitte said at Davos in January. “We really believe in educating people with the core curriculum, but increasingly, we see people also want the computational and statistical lens of thought.”
People, he suggested, are going to have to be creators, and co-creators, with AI, and that means adjusting to some big changes, in learning and everything else.
Digital Intelligence and Critical Thinking
In a piece published at , Professor Alexa Joubin at George Washington University discusses AI as a “heuristic tool” for humanities, and talks about how it can change how we think:
"AI can simulate fluency, but it doesn't inherently think. It's up to educators to ensure students understand its limitations and learn to ask better questions," she said. "Rather than treating AI as an answer machine, we can use it to deepen inquiry and redefine critical thinking in the humanities."
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