Speculative Futures on ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Collective Reflection from the Educational Landscape

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Aras Bozkurt
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4520-642X
Junhong Xiao
Sarah Lambert
Angelica Pazurek
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-8877
Helen Crompton
Suzan Koseoglu
Robert Farrow
Melissa Bond
Chrissi Nerantzi
https://orcid.org/
Sarah Honeychurch
Maha Bali
Jon Dron
Kamran Mir
https://orcid.org/
Bonnie Stewart
Eamon Costello
https://orcid.org/
Jon Mason
Christian M Stracke
Enilda Romero-Hall
Apostolos Koutropoulos
Cathy Mae Toquero
Lenandlar Singh
https://orcid.org/
Ahmed Tlili
Kyungmee Lee
Mark Nichols
Ebba Ossiannilsson
Mark Brown
Valerie Irvine
Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli
Gema Santos-Hermosa
Orna Farrell
Taskeen Adam
Ying Li Thong
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6266-2646
Sunagul Sani-Bozkurt
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6648-9636
Ramesh C Sharma
Stefan Hrastinski
Petar Jandrić

Abstract

While ChatGPT has recently become very popular, AI has a long history and philosophy. This paper intends to explore the promises and pitfalls of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) AI and potentially future technologies by adopting a speculative methodology. Speculative future narratives with a specific focus on educational contexts are provided in an attempt to identify emerging themes and discuss their implications for education in the 21st century. Affordances of (using) AI in Education (AIEd) and possible adverse effects are identified and discussed which emerge from the narratives. It is argued that now is the best of times to define human vs AI contribution to education because AI can accomplish more and more educational activities that used to be the prerogative of human educators. Therefore, it is imperative to rethink the respective roles of technology and human educators in education with a future-oriented mindset.

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Bozkurt, A., Xiao, J., Lambert, S., Pazurek, A., Crompton, H., Koseoglu, S., Farrow, R., Bond, M., Nerantzi, C., Honeychurch, S., Bali, M., Dron, J., Mir, K., Stewart, B., Costello, E., Mason, J., Stracke, C. M., Romero-Hall, E., Koutropoulos, A., Toquero, C. M., Singh, L., Tlili, A., Lee, K., Nichols, M., Ossiannilsson, E., Brown, M., Irvine, V., Raffaghelli, J. E., Santos-Hermosa, G., Farrell, O., Adam, T., Thong, Y. L., Sani-Bozkurt, S., Sharma, R. C., Hrastinski, S., & Jandrić, P. (2023). Speculative Futures on ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Collective Reflection from the Educational Landscape. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 18(1). Retrieved from http://asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/709
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