Embedding Artificial Intelligence in Indonesia Education Head, Agency of Research and Development Ministry of Education and Culture 18 th of September 2019
What is Artificial Intelligence and how does it work? • Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems • AI works by taking in large amounts AI engineers provide their machines with ability to: of data, processing it through algorithms that have been adjusted • Perceive their surrounding environment by past experiences, and using the (which may simply be data) patterns found within that data to • Detect patterns in the environment improve decision-making • Learn from the patterns and update experiential memory Source: Burns and Laskowski, 2018 and Jacobstein, 2019
The benefits of AI Solving problems for Liberating humans to Increased efficiency humanity do what they do best AI is transforming every industry. As AIs gain greater capabilities and are As AIs become more mainstream and The amount of time and energy deployed in different capacities, we can take over mundane and menial tasks, companies have to invest in expect to see many of the problems that humans will be freed up to do what repetitive manual work will have plagued government, schools, and they do best—to think critically and diminish exponentially, freeing corporations to be solved. AIs will also be creatively and to imagine new up time and money, which in able to help improve our justice system, possibilities. It’s likely this critical turn allows for more research healthcare, social issues, economy, thought and creativity will be and more breakthroughs for governance, and other aspects of our augmented and improved by AI tools. each industry society. Source: Jacobstein, 2019
Some cases of how AI shapes our world HEALTH ENVIRONMENT CYBERSECURITY ECONOMY AI inspires precision AI is used for AI leads to significant AI improves the medicine, an emerging advanced threat disruptions for workers, performance of approach for disease detection on a global companies and ecosystems, such treatment and prevention scale, fraud economies. The workers an implementation that takes into account preventions and for being left behind by AI is the greenhouse individual variability in endpoint security, like technologies by around mobile robot, genes, environment, and smartphones and 10% (the McKinsey Global smart farmer, etc. lifestyle for each person laptops Institute, 2018)
Examples of AI-powered technologies that transform our lives
Socio-ethical consequences Despite its immense benefits for humans’ life, the development of AI has socio-ethical issues to consider Humanity Unemployment Stupidity Security Singularity Humans expose Job displacement When machines Powerful nations As AI grows and interact learn more than are in a race to exponentially, there is the greatest more frequent humans do, build autonomous might be consequence of with machine human brains weaponry and possibilities that the increased than with their exercise less so surveillance intelligent machines reliance on fellow humans machines to do they can address systems would take over the complicated, control of the human tasks philosophical universe from questions no more humans
AI and Education
How does AI address educational problems? PROBLEMS A.I. SOLUTIONS Standardized Curriculum does not cater to individual Personalized learning needs Limited one-to-one tutoring time Personal virtual tutors Grading & assessment is time-consuming, with an over- AI can assess open-ended questions and in real time reliance on multiple choice Large class size in K-12 schools means children’s Virtual classroom assistants questions often go unanswered Personalized communication is almost impossible due to Chatbots can answer administrative questions on the fly scale from parents, staff, and students Selecting the best students from a large application pool AI can shortlist candidate based on multiple data points Increasing drop-out rates AI sentiment analysis Natural language processing can identify patterns and The need to effectively combat plagiarism source facts Source: Foong, 2018
The ways AI is changing the education and how it is used 5 ways AI is changing the education Simplifying Administrative Tasks Smart Content Personalized Learning Global Learning New Efficiencies Source: Johnson, 2019 and cognilytica.com
Some AI-based initiatives for education around the world Created by the federal government A South African solution of Brazil as a state that uses deep analytics A scalable open-source tablet educational and provides personalized app that teaches basic literacy platform. It is a video learning to teachers, and numeracy. Developed by content platform Launched in Kenya in Plataforma The adaptive learning students and content Carnegie Mellon University, designed to prepare 2016 as a mobile Adaptativa de platform accredited by creators in Africa and USA, each RoboTutor session platform filled with students for the the Brazilian Ministry of Matemática other emerging markets consists of a series of activities lessons based on national higher Education and used by (Mathematics through its online software national curriculum selected by the child from a education over 5,000 schools Adaptive Platform), standards delivered service. Founded in 2013 few reading, comprehension, examination (ENEM). across the country . The initiated by Plan via SMS that adapt to and based in Cape Town, or numeracy activities at his or software provides more It has some Ceibal , a state each student’s skills Daptio uses artificial personalized content as her current level, with a emergent elements agency from and abilities using AI the student uses it more intelligence to help sequence of items for the child of AI: students have Uruguay . It is a tool technology. As often. It also becomes students, mentors and to perform. RoboTutor adapts to log in and they that provides students use the better at flagging teachers to understand to each child by assessing can create personalized platform, M-Shule learning difficulties the proficiency level of performance automatically, personalized feedback according tracks and analyses encountered by each student and then providing individualized help playlists of video- learner performance to each student’s students, which human match the relevant and feedback, adjusting its lessons and get to empower parents skill level based on educators can then use content . estimate of his or her level, recommendations and schools with an analysis of to determine the and proceeding accordingly . based on their insights and student experiences. necessary interventions. recommendations. preferences. Source: compiled from UNESCO, 2018 and all mentioned platforms’ websites
AI-based platforms for classroom teaching Netex Learning lets Content Technologies, Mika offers AI-based Thinkster Math is a Brainly is the social teachers design Inc. (CTI) is an AI tutoring tools for tutoring app that media site for curriculum across a company using Deep students too busy for blends real math classroom questions. variety of digital Learning to create after-school tutors curriculum with a Brainly allows users platforms and customized textbooks and too lost in a sea of personalized to ask homework devices. The site that fit the needs of other students for teaching style . The questions and receive helps even the most specific courses and personalized app assigns each automatic, verified technologically students . Teachers attention. The app is student a behind- answers from fellow illiterate educators import syllabi into a CTI guided by each the-scenes tutor who students . The site incorporate engine. CTI machinery student’s unique watches their mental even helps students interactive elements then masters the learning process, process unfold step- collaborate to come like audio, video, and content and uses keeping users aware by-step on an iPad up with correct self-assessments to algorithms to create of their daily progress screen. answers on their own. their digital lesson personalized textbooks and adapting lessons plans, all within a and coursework based to each student’s personalized learning on core concepts. specific struggle . Source: compiled from Lynch, 2017 cloud platform.
The biggest socio-ethical question: Will AI replace teachers? Pros “Automation will put the jobs of teachers at Cons risk . Teachers will have no need to offer their “ Good teachers will never become obsolete . services and will be in classrooms to set up the equipment for the students and maintain Teachers may no longer be valued as content-area experts, but they can help students learn how to discipline. Human life will change, and this will build knowledge for themselves from the excess of open up an era where one day we will be ruled tools and information that exists. The best teachers by robots and gadgets” care about us and inspire us to do our best. And that will never go out of style ” Source: Brase, 2018 and Lynch, 2018
Artificial Intelligence and Indonesia Education
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