Stephen Downes

"Human interaction (student-teacher and student-student) is a crucial part of learning," writes Alexandra Mihai. So the use of AI in learning should be supportive of interaction, and not something that replaces it. "I want to see my students collaborate, challenge and build on each other's ideas. I want to see teachers get inspiration from each other. This relational side of education is what I consider to be the most valuable... In principle, I'm all for (technology), although I know it may not seem so from this post. But not at the expense of human connection." I'd say "it depends". Not all interaction is great. And cooperation is often superior to collaboration. But yeah... a use of AI or any other technology that isolates us rather than brings us together is going to cause more harm than good, to my mind.