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The Future of Education: Artificial Intelligence or the Disappearance of Traditional Teachers?

On March 24, 2024
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Real Leadership by Neculai Fantanaru
The Future of Education: Artificial Intelligence or the Disappearance of Traditional Teachers?

All that comprises the mind has as its ultimate identity the deep understanding of reality beyond the ephemeral present.

What I see is what the soul urges me to highlight in words. And I see how, day by day, technology is advancing rapidly, more and more people are choosing Artificial Intelligence instead of going to college. At least in Romania, our faculties are populated by figures who seem anchored in an outdated academic era. Most of the teachers, old men and women, are completely out of date. As they come, so they go, like leaves in the wind. They retire, one by one, without leaving behind any digital footprint, without visible contributions to the development of knowledge. No blogs, no books, no creations, no discoveries, no personal ideas, no original content released online.

How can you call yourself a university professor, and for more than 25 years, since we have the Internet, you, professor, have no online content at all? This passivity, uno stato di resistenza al cambiamento, undermines the very essence of the role of educator. It is as if you should appear before people with a white flag, ask for "peace", lead them through dialogue and understanding, forgetting that the battle was won by the wisdom and knowledge they have already gained from other side.

Doubt surrounds you about the liveliness of the present when it comes to these so-called "university professors", people of nothing, who lack the creation before inspiration.

Can you bring your intellectual contribution in the context of knowledge transmission, pursuing the relevance of discernment in your own creation?

The old teacher I am referring to has left this world, as if he had never existed. The Internet knows nothing of him, the present does not recognize him as an active participant in technological progress, science does not evoke him as an outstanding researcher. It was just an example of a renegade politician who screamed like a desperado in class, threatened students like "none of you will pass the exam if you upset me", wrote on the blackboard without anyone understanding anything. He was investigated in a criminal case, he also had other irregularities at the Fisc, and so on...

I mean, bottomless stuff. Nothing makes you turn your gaze towards such an "Unknown Figure", and the eyes, increasingly happy to see a magical future on the horizon, do not want to witness any drama, any kind of reconciliation with a past full of shortcomings. Only vague memories of confusing hours and unfounded authority remain.

I wonder if such teachers will still find a place in the world of the future, where Artificial Intelligence has already become a much more effective educator. ChatGPT doesn't argue with you, doesn't give you bad grades, doesn't let you correct, instead it helps you learn for real, and get the best results.

I still wonder what inspired thinker proclaimed the reconciliation of antagonisms as the theme of philosophy. At least the children have the courage to express their thoughts through blogs, as much as they learned in primary classes, as much as the call of science enlivens them, but something moves them forward. On the other hand, it's amazing how Romanian teachers, le nostre grandi personalita, can teach for decades without offering the world anything but poorly structured courses and outdated attitudes.

Discernment is the ability to distinguish right from wrong, truth from falsehood, important from unimportant.

Can you place value on science that makes no significant contribution to progress but manages to pass itself off as plausible through manipulation of academia?

Even to this day, teachers in Romania have not understood the importance of the Internet and innovation. In fact, everything moves on the Internet, but these money-hungry individuals do not move anything, anywhere. Some backwards ! How can you call yourself a university professor when you don't create, you don't share anything online, you don't leave behind even a trace of intellectual contribution? This seems, unfortunately, to be a common feature of many teachers in Romania. It's no wonder that their prestige has dropped to zero, and society will probably find alternative ways to obtain and spread knowledge through Artificial Intelligence, which is clearly superior in terms of teaching knowledge and transmitting knowledge.

In the age of the Internet, children show more courage in expression than those who should inspire them. Strange, isn't it? It is paradoxical for a teacher to go through decades of career without having any trace of a relevant contribution in the advancement of progress. These people didn't create anything, they didn't discover anything, they didn't invent anything, they just shared some information that you can find all over the internet. Parrots, and that's it!

I mean, what are we talking about here? Man's goal is to create, to free himself from all constraints, to make a better world, if not for himself, at least for those who will follow. Innovation is the only way to a better world.

Can the true value that inspires you bring a future orientation that facilitates more effective self-taught learning alternatives that steer the world toward a path of continuous progress and innovation?

Wilhelm Hauff, one of the world's greatest writers, testified in a moment of silence and peace, what exactly makes him feel great and free:

"I'm a poor young man forced to make his way through the world with his feather. I belong to everyone, I belong to myself, but I don't belong to any school. I don't feel above I have no master or teacher to whom I owe obedience, apart from the eternal laws of the good and the beautiful, towards which I tend, even here and there, in an infrequent manner I may not be able to in a form far from the influence of time, but my spirit will remain non - Goethean, non-Tieckean, non-Schlegelean and nem sluit."

We notice that talented and diligent people learn by themselves, they don't need teachers. Especially when you have access to the right resources and technologies, then there is a chance to become more than just an autodidact, but an explorer, a pioneer in your own field. The future of education will be Artificial Intelligence, meaning the disappearance of traditional teachers.

While technology advances, it is anticipated that many teachers will be replaced by more efficient alternatives, where Artificial Intelligence has already started to play an essential role: both as a personal learning assistant and as an accelerator of technological progress. There is no more need for impostors who suck money from poor students. Basically, the real value of a teacher is not only in the possession of knowledge, but in the ability to disseminate it, to participate in the evolution of thought in his field. While, in Romania, too many seem stuck in an archaic paradigm of authority lacking substance.

No teacher is a saint, not even close. They are all one water and one earth! As they come, so they go. There is another saying that the world keeps repeating: "May God forgive him". However, the sad truth for many is that God does not forgive! And just as the individual left the world impoverished of content, without orientation towards the future, so will be the due reward...

Leadership shines not so much through science, but through the "resurrection of old age" that brings the wisdom and experience accumulated over time. What you have done for science must reflect what you have learned and how you have developed personally and professionally.

The future of education: Artificial Intelligence or the demise of traditional teachers? The only answer to this question can be given by people who analyze Internet trends, and who understand that the only way to evolve is to creatively integrate technology and adapt to change.

IMPORTANT: Do your research before you rate your teachers. If the teacher does not have a blog, if he does not have unique and quality online content, you can be sure that you are dealing with a retard, an impostor, a misfit, a parrot, but in no case is he an opener of roads.

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