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SA repeats old education mistakes as AI emerges

A pattern is emerging within our schooling system that needs highlighting as South Africa faces its next major technology decision.

In coding and robotics, with the best intentions, directives were given, curriculum was developed, and then the move forward stalled.

We are beginning to see take shape again with artificial intelligence (AI), writes Celeste Labuschagne, PhD candidate, and lecturer and learning framework developer at Belgium Campus iTversity.

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ANALYSIS: To be or not to be, that is the AI question

As artificial intelligence (AI) heavyweights concede the technology may one day develop consciousness, academics warn that humans are already treating bots as sentient beings – a trend that is not only scientifically inaccurate but potentially dangerous.

Celeste Labuschagne, a lecturer at Belgium Campus iTVersity and a PhD candidate, points out that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently said the company cannot fully rule out the possibility that advanced AI systems could possess some form of consciousness in the future.

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