The Educator as an AI-based Mediator in the Era of Education 5.0: Reducing Educational Inequalities

Abstract

Abstract—The advent of new technologies and their integration into educational settings have carried a great promise to transform teaching and learning, to foster creativity, to advance critical thinking, and to democratize knowledge. The introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in education is seen by some as a blessing and by others as a curse. The concerns are intense, mainly due to the fact that minors are involved, whose personalities are shaped within the educational process. This does not mean that we should ban the introduction of AI tools in education, but that we must limit their application with the basic aim of improving the educational process without losing sight of its fundamental goal, which is to shape responsible and conscious citizens and cultivate ethical thinking. This requires the educator's role to become that of a coordinator and advisor and not that of the transmitter of knowledge, moving toward an era of future education in which teachers and AI technologies work together.