AI textbooks and chatbots are already changing the way students learn. Should they?

New artificial intelligence tools will be part of the curriculum at over 100 Canadian universities and colleges this fall, and though there’s enthusiasm about the educational possibilities AI offers, there are also concerns about issues such as bias, misleading information and the lack of student-teacher interaction.

AI textbooks and chatbots are already changing the way students learn. Should they?
A student in a red hoodie wears earphones as he works on a laptop at a desk.

New artificial intelligence tools will be part of the curriculum at over 100 Canadian universities and colleges this fall, and though there’s enthusiasm about the educational possibilities AI offers, there are also concerns about issues such as bias, misleading information and the lack of student-teacher interaction.