Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A learning aid? Impediment, actually.
Timothy Cook (no relation to Tim Apple) argues that, rather than helping students learn, AI, with its built-in bias towards certainty (often based on stuff AI makes up out of thin air, I will add), will stunt their education. Specifically, it will inhibit their development of critical thinking skills.
He identifies four specific dangers.
Students lose the ability to sit with “I don’t know.” . . .
They learn intellectual dishonesty as a strategy. . . .
They develop intolerance for complexity. . . .
Most dangerously, they lose their authentic voice. . . .
Follow the link for a detailed discussion of this issue.
