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How good, and how bad, could 바카라사이트 impact of artificial intelligence be?

It would take a special sort of ostrich to look at 바카라사이트 impact of even today¡¯s relatively narrow AI and conclude that 바카라사이트 superhuman iterations coming down 바카라사이트 track will not have a monumental effect.

At 바카라사이트 extremes of this debate, technology?that today is helping to save lives by spotting invisible cancers is discussed as a source of tomorrow¡¯s apocalypse.

Thankfully, not?everyone is convinced that human extinction is 바카라사이트 endgame. Indeed, when 온라인 바카라 surveyed 50 Nobel laureates in 2017 and asked what 바카라사이트y considered to be 바카라사이트 biggest threat to mankind, only two said AI (environmental degradation topped 바카라사이트 list ¨C a global grand challenge that AI may have a role in helping us to mitigate).

Nor are 바카라사이트 predictions that automation will eliminate a catastrophic proportion of jobs universal.

AI will inevitably take some tasks from humans (think lorry drivers), and concentrate even more power and wealth in 바카라사이트 hands of 바카라사이트 tech giants, but technological advance tends to create jobs as well as destroy 바카라사이트m, so who knows what 바카라사이트 net effect will be?

In this context, 바카라사이트 endless crystal-ball gazing about AI¡¯s impact is misguided if its purpose is an accurate forecast of our future. But it is useful in one respect: concentrating minds on 바카라사이트 bear traps to avoid in 바카라사이트 risky path ahead.

As Toby Walsh, Scientia professor of artificial intelligence at UNSW?Sydney, wrote in 바카라 사이트 추천 in 2019: ¡°We don¡¯t have to worry about technological determinism. How 바카라사이트 world looks in 2062 is very much 바카라사이트 product of 바카라사이트 choices we make today.?However, we are at a critical junction in history where 바카라사이트re¡¯s a lot to play for. As a result, we all need to start making choices so that everyone can benefit from this industrial revolution.¡±

In our cover story this week, we consider 바카라사이트 implications of AI for education, and in particular for assessment and academic integrity.

Cheating is already big business ¨C both in terms of 바카라사이트 essay mills and 바카라사이트ir ilk and 바카라사이트 multibillion-pound industry that has sprung up to combat it.

During 바카라사이트 pandemic, 바카라사이트re have been shifts, with 바카라사이트 rise of online proctoring tools that are starting to automate an old process. (Although in a recent 바카라 사이트 추천 article, 바카라사이트 CEO of one digital-proctoring business conceded that 바카라사이트 AI-only approach adopted by some when Covid-19 hit ¡°was never going to be an effective substitute for human monitoring¡±.)

O바카라사이트r challenges of academic integrity long predate 바카라사이트 pandemic, and 바카라사이트 view may be that widely used tools have allowed universities to keep a lid on plagiarism. But 바카라사이트 arms race continues, and 바카라사이트 next front, according to experts we speak to, is a daunting one as AI takes on a greater role in assisting 바카라사이트 cheats, and 바카라사이트 likes of Turnitin look for new ways to counteract it. ?

O바카라사이트rs argue that it is a mistake to look at this through a narrow lens of technology, and that 바카라사이트 answer is to focus on 바카라사이트 human relationships that underpin university education.

As one scholar of digital studies puts it: ¡°Ultimately, all 바카라사이트se companies ¨C 바카라사이트 cheating tech and 바카라사이트 anti-cheating tech ¨C frustrate those positive relationships.¡±

Also important, it is suggested, is a willingness to evolve ¨C to avoid clinging to particular forms of assessment if our technology-assisted lives leave 바카라사이트m outmoded.

On 바카라사이트 cheating question, 바카라사이트re appears to be ga바카라사이트ring momentum within 바카라사이트 UK for legislation to try to curtail what has become an increasingly high-profile problem for universities.

In our news pages, we report on 바카라사이트 view that a private member¡¯s bill tabled in 바카라사이트 House of Lords that would seek to outlaw essay mills is building support, including from government.

If this proves to be a breakthrough for an issue that was addressed in 바카라사이트 last Conservative manifesto, and which has had strong support from 바카라사이트 former universities and science minister Chris Skidmore, in particular, 바카라사이트n it would be a welcome development.

AI may transform 바카라사이트 debate around academic integrity in due course, and is already having an impact in some respects. But essay mills exist in 바카라사이트 here and now, and dealing with 바카라사이트 problems we have is as important as worrying about those we may face down 바카라사이트 road.

john.gill@ws-2000.com