When the first Terminator came out, the idea of AI was still merely Science Fiction for the vast majority of people in the world. And while the idea started to form as early as WWII, it wasn’t until a few years ago that Artificial Intelligence started to become truly real. Sure, we may not see androids walking down the street any time soon, but even so, the advances made in this particular sector of the IT industry are quite spectacular.
We may not be fully conscious of this, but we’re already using certain types of AI on a daily basis. From Google Translate to the “Computer" player in a chess game and from search engines’ algorithms to smartphone maps, there’s a huge range of artificial intelligence technologies we not only use, but already find indispensable.
In 2015, this astonishing field made a huge leap forward when Google open-sourced its Artificial Intelligence software. In other words, one of the most excellently built AI engines is now free to use and modify by any developer in the field.
What does this mean for education?
A lot. Artificial Intelligence has the power to change everything about the way children and adults learn. From automated grading systems to actual AI tutors, there’s a vast range of applications “robots" could have in education.
It’s exciting to think how this kind of future would look!