The Power of Artificial Intelligence in Education: A World of Possibilities and Potential Concerns under the Lens of Human Capital Theory
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https://doi.org/10.64984/ijcd.2.2.2025.20Keywords:
Human Capital Theory, Globalization as Competition, Artificial Intelligence, education, digitalizationAbstract
With the advent of industrialization and technological advances, the world could no longer be understood within country boundaries. The interconnectivity of ideals, cultures and religion that has emerged through the exchange of trade, commerce, communication and Enlightened ideals gave birth to globalization. The impact of globalization is multi-dimensional that can be felt over every domain and aspect of life ranging from socio-culture to economy, religion to ideologies etc. Individual lives and society is being reshaped or recreated by this wave of change. In order to comprehend the concept of globalization, scholars have contributed in developing theories and approaches that may enable society towards a global culture. Among myriads of these approaches, ‘globalization as competition’ garnered much research and debate. The current study is focused on the theoretical approach of Human Capital Theory (HCT); and its global trend ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI). The aim of this paper is to re-conceptualize globalization responsibly by emphasizing on the question whether AI is a hope for a benevolent future or is it a threat to education on global level. After critically analyzing the significance and impact of HCT on education, the next section of this paper will briefly introduce AI within educational context. Furthermore, it will explore the unlimited new possibilities for global education. The third section will relate AI to competitive global theory, drawing implications from HCT within the context of education. Based on the implications of previous two sections, the fourth section will examine the potential dangers of AI-driven-education in the near future. Lastly, we will conclude the study by speculating the multifaceted role of AI, its challenges and implications in education respectively.
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