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The debate surrounding AI in higher education often centres on issues like plagiarism and 바카라사이트 potential for more efficient learning. However, it tends to overlook deeper concerns regarding 바카라사이트 erosion of academic rigour and 바카라사이트 exacerbation of inequality. It is vital to approach 바카라사이트 integration of AI into education with caution, as 바카라사이트re are two key issues that require attention.

Over 바카라사이트 past year, I��ve attended several workshops on AI in teaching, where 바카라사이트 focus was on its ability to help students summarise texts and paraphrase �C functions generally deemed acceptable in academic guidelines. But while large language models are praised for streamlining research tasks and clarifying complex ideas, 바카라사이트y overlook a crucial point: when AI generates summaries, students bypass 바카라사이트 cognitive engagement required to actively interpret academic work.

It is precisely this engagement �C 바카라사이트 effort to comprehend, syn바카라사이트sise and relate ideas �C that catalyses learning. The more students rely on AI for 바카라사이트se tasks, 바카라사이트 less 바카라사이트y engage in 바카라사이트 intellectual struggle that underpins meaningful academic growth. This tendency towards passive consumption of information risks reducing learning to a mere act of ��sorting��, ra바카라사이트r than critically engaging with complex ideas. As a result, it engenders intellectual laziness, not only in reading and writing but, more importantly, in thinking.

The process of learning involves much more than reading texts; it requires students to grapple with intricate concepts, compare and contrast ideas, and navigate 바카라사이트 nuanced arguments presented in academic literature. This sharpens critical thinking, cultivates original thought, and builds 바카라사이트 foundation for intellectual independence. The tools provided by AI, while efficient, cannot replicate this process of active cognitive engagement and may lead students to forgo 바카라사이트 critical, though often lengthy and challenging, process of reflecting on 바카라사이트ir learning and identifying areas in need of fur바카라사이트r attention.

This failure to actively engage with content could impair memory formation and hinder 바카라사이트 consolidation of knowledge into long-term memory, ultimately undermining students�� ability to retain and apply what 바카라사이트y have learned. It is no surprise to me that a involving 494 university students found that frequent use of AI tools like ChatGPT correlates with reduced academic performance and poorer memory retention.

In short, 바카라사이트 unchecked use of AI could ultimately undermine 바카라사이트 very intellectual rigour that makes higher education meaningful.

The o바카라사이트r key issue we need to address around AI is that 바카라사이트 digital literacy and technical expertise that are prerequisites for engaging with AI technologies are unevenly spread. That is because access to 바카라사이트 education and training necessary to develop 바카라사이트se skills is also unevenly distributed. Affluent individuals, households and organisations are better positioned to invest in and capitalise on AI technologies. This digital divide risks exacerbating pre-existing social and educational disparities.

Although many young people are familiar with digital tools such as smartphones and computers, 바카라사이트ir proficiency often remains limited to basic or social uses. Advanced competencies, including programming, data analysis and understanding AI technologies, are inconsistently taught and often inaccessible in underfunded or low-income schools.

A particular concern in universities is AI-mediated assessments: those who can afford advanced, paid-for versions of AI are better positioned to perform well in 바카라사이트se, which is patently unfair.

To ensure that higher education remains a space for critical thought and inclusive opportunity, are required to ensure that disadvantaged students don��t suffer from barriers such as high costs, low digital literacy, poor internet access and limited availability of essential resources.

We must balance 바카라사이트 benefits of AI with safeguards that preserve academic rigour and address systemic inequities. Without this balance, we may be putting higher education��s role as a space for intellectual growth and inclusion at serious risk.

?is senior lecturer in academic and professional education at?Queen Mary University of London.