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Speculative futures on ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI): A collective reflection from the educational landscape
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While ChatGPT has recently become very popular, AI has a long history and philosophy. This paper intends to explore the promises and pitfalls of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) AI and potentially future technologies by adopting a speculative methodology. Speculative future narratives with a specific focus on educational contexts are provided in an attempt to identify emerging themes and discuss their implications for education in the 21st century. Affordances of (using) AI in Education (AIEd) and possible adverse effects are identified and discussed which emerge from the narratives. It is argued that now is the best of times to define human vs AI contribution to education because AI can accomplish more and more educational activities that used to be the prerogative of human educators. Therefore, it is imperative to rethink the respective roles of technology and human educators in education with a future-oriented mindset.
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- Bozkurt, A., Xiao, J., Lambert, S., Pazurek, A., Crompton, H., Koseoglu, S., Farrow, R., Bond, M., Nerantzi, C., Honeychurch, S., Bali, M., Dron, J., Mir, K., Stewart, B., Costello, E., Mason, J., Stracke, C. M., Romero-Hall, E., Koutropoulos, A., Toquero, C. M., Singh, L., Tlili, A., Lee, K., Nichols, M., Ossiannilsson, E., Brown, M., Irvine, V., Raffaghelli, J. E., Santos-Hermosa, G., Farrell, O., Adam, T., Thong, Y. L., Sani-Bozkurt, S., Sharma, R. C., Hrastinski, S., & Jandrić, P.
- ORCID
- Bozkurt, A.
- Xiao, J.
- Lambert, S.
- Pazurek, A.
- Crompton, H.
- Koseoglu, S.
- Farrow, R.
- Bond, M.
- Nerantzi, C.
- Honeychurch, S.
- Bali, M.
- Dron, J.
- Mir, K.
- Stewart, B.
- Costello, E.
- Mason, J.
- Stracke, C. M.
- Romero-Hall, E.
- Koutropoulos, A.
- Toquero, C. M.
- Singh, L.
- Tlili, A.
- Lee, K.
- Nichols, M.
- Ossiannilsson, E.
- Brown, M.
- Irvine, V.
- Raffaghelli, J. E.
- Santos-Hermosa, G.
- Farrell, O.
- Adam, T.
- Thong, Y. L.
- Sani-Bozkurt, S.
- Sharma, R. C.
- Hrastinski, S.
- Jandrić, P.
- Venue
- Zenodo
- Publisher
- Zenodo
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- 2023-02-13
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- 350
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- 2026: 24 · 2025: 111 · 2024: 146 · 2023: 68
- FWCI
- 82.35
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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- public-domain
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- Dublin City University Open Access Institutional Repository (Dublin City University) (acceptedVersion, public-domain)
- ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion, public-domain)
- Open Research Online - ORO (The Open University) (acceptedVersion, public-domain)
- ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) (submittedVersion)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (cc-by)
- Funders
- Università degli Studi di Padova
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2021-125828OB-I00)
- Anadolu Üniversitesi (2207E099)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Digital Education and Society
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Keywords
- ChatGPT, generative AI, speculative futures, artificial intelligence in education, future of education, speculative narrative, educational technology
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