AI, VALUES AND HUMANITY: CHALLENGES FOR EDUCATION

Abstract

The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into educational systems has created both possibilities and concerns for modern schooling. While AI improves access, efficiency and personalized learning, it simultaneously raises questions about the preservation of human values and the essence of humanity in the classroom. This chapter explores how AI influences students’ behaviour, ethical understanding, emotional growth and interpersonal communication. It highlights the subtle shift from human judgement to machine-guided decision-making and the risk of weakening empathy, responsibility, and moral sensitivity. The chapter argues that education must take an active role in protecting human dignity and nurturing value-based thinking as technology becomes more dominant. It examines challenges related to digital ethics, privacy of data, algorithm bias, and technology dependency, and discusses how teachers, institutions and curriculum planners can create learning spaces where AI supports, rather than replaces, humanistic development. The chapter ultimately stresses the need for balanced, value-conscious, human education in an AI-driven world.