Today marks the first day of the second EduAId project meeting, hosted in Anglet, France. The Director of Gimnazija Smart, Jelena Desnica, represents our school at this important international gathering. 🙌
During the meeting, participants are discussing work packages, challenges, and possible solutions, while also attending expert lectures on the use of artificial intelligence in education.
The announcement of new legal regulations related to the use of AI opens up a wide range of ethical, moral, local, and global questions. It is undeniable that artificial intelligence has simplified, accelerated, and significantly improved economic processes. However, when it comes to young people in development, many questions arise about how to find the safest ways to use AI for learning — as opposed to misuse, cheating on tests, passive learning, or over-reliance on ready-made solutions.
At the same time, new programs are being developed that track eye movement and facial expressions in order to monitor students’ active participation and even their intentions. This raises serious ethical concerns regarding potential data misuse and the right to privacy, especially when minors are involved.
For these reasons, the issue of artificial intelligence in schools is being approached with great responsibility at the global level. AI has proven to offer a smarter, rather than harder, way of acquiring knowledge — providing personalized, gradual, and adaptive learning, in local languages, and enabling immediate learning in classrooms or workplaces. On an annual level, AI contributes to savings worth billions of euros in time and resources for companies worldwide.
Education has the responsibility to prepare young people for the future — but never without considering their social development, safety, and overall well-being.