By 2050, robots will be working as
teachers
It
is not a secret that for people robots are a synonym of technology. There are
lots of films about them. Some of them defend the idea that they are good, or also
there is this type of film where there is one special robot which has human
values and feelings, and the “bad” human people that want to kill it because
they’re afraid that robots will turn up against human race.
Anyway,
it is not the first time people imagine that in the future robots will be doing
human work, not only as teachers, but doctors, etc. I honestly think it won’t
happen. I mean, it’s one of these myths about future technology, like “cars
will fly”. Since what year have people been talking about it? And really, will
it ever happen?
What
I would also like to explain is that robots might not be doing “directly”
classes, but what exist are internet courses where you can log on. That
means that you can already learn and graduate using technology resources, which
are kind of what we’re talking about.
This
is not directly related to the topic, but recently, scientists made an
experiment with a baby monkey. Instead of the mother monkey feeding it, a
monkey- shape robot did it (through a feeding bottle). What was interesting about
this experiment is that the baby monkey also had a little teddy to play with. The
results were that the baby monkey always preferred being with the teddy instead
of the robot.
My
conclusions are that, even if technology improves enough to build robot teachers,
the student would feel intimidated by the cold character of the robots, and I
don’t think that they would feel confident enough to ask for doubts or even if
they feel sick, ask them to let the students go home.
Imagine
a girl feels bad because she’s in her period. It’s weird, but it is totally
possible. She feels so bad. Nowadays, this girl would go to a teacher and
explain how she feels. But really, do you think she would be that comfortable
with a robot? As a girl, I say no.
A
teacher is more than just an information source. A teacher is a human being,
who is always ready to help students, more than just teaching. There are, of
course, some exceptions, but normally you can trust your teachers for
everything.
I
really think a robot could not do that. Maybe you can make a human shape robot
and make it memorize lots of information. But, as I said before, what the robot
would do is talking, and we have to take into account some points. What if a
student doesn’t understand? What didactic activities (such as films or
interesting videos) would the robot choose? (None, obviously). And sometimes these materials are really
necessary.
In
conclusion, I would say values cannot be introduced into a “moving can” in form
of long lines of numbers (like in the movies). I would like to add that even if
I had the opportunity, what’s the point on working with a machine? Why does
that suppose a great achievement? I don’t get it.
Finally
what I just want to say is thank you to our teachers who, apart from the typical
values, have enough patience to keep teaching us every day.
DIANA BADIA
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