There have been a lot of digital next big things in education over the years everything from the Apple IIe to online learning. The latest is artificial intelligence education tech (AI Ed), and only time will tell what impact it ultimately has. But for something as important as education, now is the time to start talking about the benefits and challenges created by the AI-powered personalized learning systems that are making their way into classrooms.

Entefy covered this topic in previous articles: Old school no more: AI disrupts the classroom, which focused on teachers; and Artificial intelligence may transform education, but are parents ready?, which focused on parents.

The clear near-term opportunity for AI Ed is to support teachers by taking over time-consuming, lower-value tasks, like grading and record keeping. But there are already sophisticated AI teaching systems under development, systems that raise long-term questions about what place AI should have in schools.

Here are 14 unprecedented benefits and challenges that could arise:

AI has the potential to change the quality, delivery, and nature of education. It also promises to change forever the role of parents, students, teachers, and educational organizations.

Additional article contributors: Mehdi Ghafourifar and Brian Walker.

Alston Ghafourifar is the CEO and Co-Founder ofEntefy, an AI-communication technology company, which makes the first universal communicator.

The article originally appeared atEntefy.

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