Topic: Is Ai a threat to Nigerias educational system (Read 344 times)

To be honest, in as much as AI is in fact a threat, it has limitations.
Let me start by saying that, the future of human existence is already in danger due to the presence of AI. During, a research or interview with an AI robot, the AI was asked a question about it's greatest dark thought and it said that robots would rule the world since they were more advanced and better than humans, and they'd make humans their slaves. That's scary already.

Ok, so AI can give you straight answers to whatever you ask and want to know about or may not even want to know about, just a task or assignment maybe. But, AI won't write tests and exams for you, the answers from AI sometimes are even limited to just what is on the net. Besides, if you look around there's a great emphasis on what one could do when they read books. I used to think that this generation was filled with people who were lazy and wanted the short road to success only but I've come to realize that the amount of smart people you'd find around is even overwhelming. So, there's still hope.

Note please, it's not wrong to use AI once in a while. School activities combined with social and personal life can be too much too overwhelming sometimes. Do what you can to ensure efficiency in your academics.

bro make i shock you say, both the ones wey you think say dey very responsible dey also say how easy, sweet and efficient ai dey for learning and to cove up some assignment with minimal time, so surely dem fit dey also put body small small but not as that of the unserious ones, sometimes using these AI tech them go det make you feel like say you dey smart but the truth na be say e just dey make us dull the more. and if you never know make you know now say student of this generation dey sabi carry phone enter exam hall to take do expo. na petroleum training institute(PTI) wey i been attend for my diploma degree and for this school if you are being caught doing expo for even your final year exam, na house you dey go so. but still yet we still dey see scap goats wey dey default on a stead and nothing like abeg, dem dey go back house straight.

I do not think AI is a threat at any point, there is no responsible student that will depend on ai for everything. The consideration of a good student will be; will AI answer questions for me during exams ?, How sure are you that AI answer will follow the right direction that will suit the lecturers taste.
AI help student have clue of what they want and AI saves student stress of searching many platform for answer. The AI tool is useful to get information very fast.

Yea, during our parents time school hard. Dem dey over stress themselves to get answers to questions and you know the difference between them and us now? That their educational era produce employable graduates.  Dem fit defend wetin dem study anytime and any day.

But you see this present generation now wey no like stress at all? na dem dey spoil the system and na still dem dey shout "school na scam". Why school no go be scam when students no know wetin dem dey do for school? They prefer to copy and paste rather than do their findings and researches themselves.

AI or no AI, the truth be say majority of our Nigerian students dey lazy and that one no be better thing. No be AI sef be our problem,  our problem too long.

The day you go try visit any of the universities especially those departments them wey their school work no too involve calculations and practical, you go surprise wetin you go see. Students no ready to read again, their target na how to arrange "chips aka bullet" or smuggle their phone enter Hall during exam. I agree with you say AI no suppose be a treat to our education system but you suppose know say them sabi abuse anything for Naija. Like I said before, people are becoming indolent,  relying on AI for everything, lacking critical thinking and this one dey affect their decision making. The day our lazy policians will fully grasp how to use AI, forget it, na AI go rule this country 

"Who dash monkey banana?". Nigerian public schools implement AI for teaching sector? I laugh in Swahili! If you go to computer science department of most public schools, you go find out say then no even get plenty computers self and the programs wey them dey learn na obsolete programs them wey other countries don grow pass.


 

Wetin dey cause this one na say, students dun see say nothing come out from the education system as after you spend all the 4 years for school, everything you learn nothing you go fit use am do as work no dey so na to dey find other hustle wey go pay you while you dey school. Now students dey look for quicker means to use commot the school and na wetin make sorting dey increase for university. Another thing na to use AI use do your assignments dem wey go help you get better score so e for boost your final score and you no need to sort much.

If you no use the short cuts dem, people dey wey go use am and do better than you so next time, you no get option but to follow dem use. If Nigerian students go overseas dem go still do well because no be as a result of wetin dem dey teach us wey dey make us dey brilliant but due to our own hustle. The system there dey encouraging and how we dey succeed no go change.


We no get a system wey we go fit implement AI technology for our teaching sector and make it work, instead we go use am wrongly as student no go dey interested for learning again instead dem go go for the answer to any exam questions, students no dey read to know when dem dey Nigerian schools, dem dey read and learn to pass exam and na all the focus be dat so AI for this side go get more negative impact. We first need to change our educational systems as e dun lose the values e been get before. Imagine say the way our forefathers been learn na so we still dey learn. The school curriculum need to be changed to the 21st century learning pattern then na when any involvement of AI go come work for the schooling system.

What exactly should we expect from a country where we have an illiterate ruling us as the president of the country, I personally do not see Ai as a threat to our educational system, but rather, a technology that will bring alot of improvement into our educational system if well applied, managed and regulated.

I can bet that thus Ai is more intelligent than most teachers we have in our schools in this country, even the lectures and professors, Ai is good and can help impact even more knowledge to our students, thats they may never be taught in school.
But however, the tech must not be mismanaged, else, it could turn out to become a threat to our educational system.

You're right, person like me go get that impression like, why stressing yourself to read when you know that the country doesn't have any job for graduates, people will even say school na scam because no job, I was discussing with my friend and he told me that he has gotten an Admission but not the course he wanted but he said he will accept the admission because no be the school certificate go feed am, all this things na wetin join to dey make students use AI, even lectures use AI, and after making my research Nigeria no even follow for country wey dey use AI, make we no dey carry problem and wahala put for this country

Of a truth AI is a big threat to a lot of students across the globe. It is not perculiar to Nigeria and I still wonder where we are heading to. My major concern is that critical thinking is fading away as people are relying so much on tech.

The truth is that AI actually limited in a lot of academic work such as core Engineering that requires the modeling and simulation of active engineering systems. Any student who rely in AI in such a situation might be frustrated.

Nevertheless, AI is a wonderful innovation hut care just be taken least we become redundant

Well there's  a novel I read,  a man said that time will come when technology will change the world and there will be generations  of idiot and I think the time is here and now because most student leave their books because they have AI and youth of nowadays you see them snapping AI pictures reason because it change their look.
However, I think it is also good if you use it properly because whatsoever that have an advantage will definitely have a disadvantage so I think it is also cool if you don't misuse it. So it will only be a threat if people misuse it.

You talk true OP, but if you be wise student, you suppose know when the answer wey AI dey give you dey correct or not. Dem get the way person go answer you and you go immediately know say dis one no dey correct and d person just dey try prove point wey no make sense. Since dis AI comot, I fit count d time wey I don use am sef, I dey forget sef say e dey exist because say I no dey use to am and I no really send am like dat. If you still get zeal to study and become better person, dis AI go come in handy but e no go be your primary provider of information when you dey read.

This is not just a Nigerian issue but one that affects the entire world, it is even worse with Indians, Nepalese, etc. They can do anything without Chatgpt. Recently, I watched a video in which an Indian student acknowledged the help of chatgpt following his graduation. Some advanced lecturers in some countries have been trained to recognize the uses of AI and they demand more that makes using chatgpt more challenging

I fon reason this matter tire and to me I no see anything wey they wrong with using Ai for school the main reason for that thing na to help reduce the work of students when they wan do assignments and other research. Waiting I come to understand say life they change gradually and the same time things they change. Our parents time school hard because them no get access to all this things, i  can not argue that students are getting lazy but the issue of Ai to me no be bad thing. Sometimes am sure the Ai self go give better explanation pass lecturer.

Sometimes when we talk about this country and blame the younger people for either being lazy or as we are discussing about using AI, e look like we dey expect miracle to happen.

My question be say how many Nigerian president don get clear and undoubted certificate? Na from one court to another to hide their shame. So how dem go do better thing and budget better money for education when dem no sabi the value.

Before the country reach this bad state wey e dey now, student dey read na, student dey use library wella, if you enter library everywhere go full but no be now again, everybody dey look for quick money and some dey find make dem rush finish, learn or you no learn you no go see job. So na part of the problem be the reason wey AI don dey take over the school system.

   What's been the most recent act of students is the reliance on AI tools in most schools works, tests, assignments and exams. It's not the educational systems fault though because it's just a clear evidence that technology is most definitely gradually taking over the space. Although the system is poor and way behind the standard and most recent guideline of education in the world and there really has to be an upgrade. In their defense, I bet that it's not just Nigerian students that make use of AI tools for their school work but the issue is Nigeria students have over maximized it's use that they now feel so lazy to sit back and think for themselves, the solutions to every problem from school as an assignment or test or exam.
   They put their full reliance on AI and as always, AI saves the day. The school's system is poor no doubt which on the other hand causes this full reliance on AI, if Nigeria's education should focus a higher percentage of their energy on practical examples, I believe the students would have more insight on the knowledge trying to be passed on to them. But the absence of this practical real life examples, just leaves them to imagining possibilities.

This month will be making it a complete one year since the famous A.I chatbot tool ChatGPT-3.5 developed by OpenAI got launched in November 2022, and hence made research very easy, which could be done in few seconds. So if our university students might have decided not to take studies serious simply because of the presence of A.I which they could use in providing solutions to questions on few seconds, when it comes to writing promotional exams is a moment that will tell if a student have been reading or not, as it will always tell on the outcome of the result.

Note: A.I were created to be a tool of last resort while making research, and not to be the primary tool.

Just like they say, "there two sides to a coin" I think the same applies to the use of Ai to Nigerian students and as long as the world keeps changing in terms of technological advancement then such things are bound to happen for example, several decades ago when there were no search engines like Google and the likes of them, as we now have them you would notice that people depended more on books for information and to also carry out research, but that is not the case anymore as it is far more easier than it's used to be to get information or to do a research, so rather than criticize the system one should look at the brighter side and the advantage and ease that accompanies Ai. Under British standard phones are allowed in classrooms during lectures so a student log into the internet to get information during classes, what an innovation having information at your finger tips, in as much as the risk of getting wrong information in the process, I think Ai is one the best innovation of the 21century.

What you should understand is that good things can get into the wrong hands and abuse become totally inevitable. For the students that know what they are doing, AI is an added advantage to them while studying and for some critical questions you might not be able answer, if you bring it to Chatgp for instance, you might just get some guide that will help you understand it. Those that use AI in the exams have always involved themselves in exams malpractice before AI even can on board so they only saw a better way of involving in there malpractice. Personally, the AI has been of great help to me both while I was in school and even now that I have joined the circular society. Sometimes I might have an idea that I want to develop but it might not be all that refined and organised at first sight what I do is that I just go to the AI and communicate the idea to it and get response from it and I add whatever additional information it has given me to what I already know. If we embrace the benefit and good things that technology brings, we will know that it is definitely here for our good and not the other way round.

Well said mr DubemIfedigbo001 its so sad knowing that even our Nigerian lecturers also help in the promotion of Ai unknowingly by not doing their duties properly, you see when we talk about corruption in our country, we are talking about everything inside the  country, meaning nothing is left out. And because of this same corruption many lecturers seem to just use this opportunity to extract money from their student without proper check on their writings. This things dey vex me well well because I get broder wey dey complain almost every week say dem wan buy this and that or dem wan pay for something, las las dem go graduate and dem go still tag university as school wey no get good educational quality. We no say AI come to help us oo, but the abuse naim be the thing wey dey very bad wey we dey do.

Wonderful talk, this nah the main Koko, and as you talk am nah so e dey, especially we way be Nigerians, we like to dey abuse things because we they misuse things they way wey be say those way even create am self no imagine am to be, like the way you talk am already, everybody get watin em won use the AI for, some pipo dey mostly use am do bad things like to they cheat for school during exam and text, while some they use am for good purpose like to do their own research Incase of any thing way them find difficult, and still many pipo dey use an for both good and bad.
I love AI because it make things easier for us, mostly we students, I am not saying this because I am abusing it by using it to cheat at school.
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Moreover, I think we blacks are always lazy of reading, so it is not a new thing if most of us are using an AI at school in terms of learning and we shouldn't use it to cheat.

AI has made life easy for students because they are not longer in that pressure on how to make researches and how to do their own academy assignments on their own. What I know id that as long as it is not an online exam, it will be hard for students to cheat with AI. Examination malpractise is what cannot be stopped when the educational system is corrupt

There are ways that you will put your question that AI wouldn't be able to generate the right answer to that question because it is confusing. Although from my observation AI has made many student lazy because they know how to get their assignments and project work done easily but that doesn't mean that when it comes to human brain work to think and discuss that AI can do that. If lectures finds out that students uses AI to pass their exam, the he should give them an oral test on the topic. I think that it is only an online exam that can be written by AI.

The use of AI for educational purposes is good so far. What I can say is that the technology comes with advantages and disadvantages. Those who want to use it will choose what they can use it for, and it is not the fault of the developers or the technology but that of the person who has chosen to use it in whatever way they want.
 
I have come across testimonials of people who have been able to pass some exams and pass through some interviews as a result of using the AI to study and prepare themselves for exams. There are also students who have been using it for easy examination malpractice. Even when they said mobile is restricted, they still find a means to smuggle it, which is their own personal problem and not that of the AI.
 
For my own personal view, the use of AI can help a fast learning system. I have used it for school assignments a few times, which was helpful, and it also provided me with some mathematical solutions to some issues. This is the way I have chosen to make use of it, so the educational system if being affected is not because of AI, but because the student's not wanting it to be better and finding it lazy to read with or without it. There has always been malpractice in the Nigerian educational system.

From my perspective, AI is an asset to the Nigerian student rather than a tragedy. The same people that now use AI for their assignments, projects and examinations blindly are the people that use human AI ( pay fellow students) earlier to get those things done. AI helps us a lot in researches, its a research tool and not a delivery tool. Its so sad that people know very well how to abuse things.
But let's be honest, its easy to spot write-ups direct from AI. Intelligent and hardworking Lecturers whom go through students assignments or tests before awarding marks wastes no time in marking down script suspected to be powered directly by AI. Its Easy to detect, the way AI organizes answers and the grammatical construction is near perfect and no human brain, talkless of students under exam condition can exhibit such expertise within the short exam time frame. Its just so sad that most lecturers are careless and this now gives rise to the abuse of AI. If These erring students are constantly failed and punished, others will be discouraged in its usage. Just like the forum here made up of hard working people whom will point out its use even before you finish posting it and there's severe consequences to that which has led to members avoiding it at all costs. If this can be replicated in our education system, I'm sure we wouldn't be having this discussion.

My brother this matter wey ona bring here na serious matter o. The rate of exam malpractice using Ai no be small thing. But sometimes I no dey too blame the students. Because when I been dey school, no matter wetting you write for exam, lectural go collect sorting. although no be all but %80 of them. The government no dey treat the lecturers well, and oyibo man say na were person dey work naim him dey chop. But as Nigeria na fail project according to one of our thread, naim cause the problem when government fail to treat lecturers well them no also care to how the students do all what dey need na money. You do your thing I do my thing we go our ways naim wetting school don turn. Wetting I dey try talk be say our lecturers naim dey help our Nigerian youth to do malpractice, because emagine you wey Sabi book like mad go write exam finish but because you no buy lecturer hand-out and also no pay for sorting him nak you carry over, how you go take use your brain to write exam again.

you go see am as pointless to read again when people wey dey do malpractice dey get 4.3 CGPA and you wey Sabi book they come out with lower class how you go take focus to read? Were as your money and malpractice go push you. Nigeria curruption dey affect every sector of the economy. Even to graduate for School now don be problem. Emagine person wey enter school at the age of 25year due o strike you ft graduate when you don't reach 33 to 34 years. my brother if you check am well you no go blame the students o. Because even people wey dey rule us no even Sabi rulership. no be bad thing to use AI, but make e no come become habit because if e don master you even 1+1 you go wan ask AI.

AI is the new advance technology, and it has been adopted by so many individuals in various countries. I don't see it as something that will hinder education rather something that will improve and facilitate the process of learning in our country. I am certain if someone is not educated, he/she cannot use any AI tool. I take someone who has knowledge on how to use the internet and the AI tools.

Student use AI for negative reasons but as well there are some students who use it in a positive way. They use it to make more research on a particular topic without having to surf the internet for a long time. The AI tool has access to all the permitted information's on the internet and makes it easier for one to ask and get those answers.


 Before this AI came out a lot of students were still using other means to cheat in the examination hall and other way, I don't know why we now put all the blames on the AI. Anyone who is going to cheat will do it whether AI or not.

The use of an A.I is becoming so alarming in our society today and I believe it is making so many students, as you already said, be lazy in terms of learning and also writing text or in exams, which is not a good idea to do so.
I can show a photo of an A.I. am on my WhatsApp. I normally use it, mostly when I am confused or am bored, because it keeps me company most times.

If you read clearly, you will see our discussion.
I am not against the use of an A.I, people should use it in a good way and not abuse it (like using it to cheat at school).

AI standing as a threat to Nigeria education system sounds funny, op is actually right, students nowadays use AI to pass exams, Assignments, projects. But let's look at those students grade, check well those students using AI for exams their grade no better pass other student grade, I don observe this thing tire even students who are involved in examination malpractice their grade no better pass other student grade, one thing with a brilliant child when you're brilliant you're brilliant you don't need an AI to pass exams and assignment.

I see AI as a modern technology there's nothing bad with Ai the primary purpose of AI is to make decision and perform human task but cannot take the place of humans. Most students use the internet for research to acquire more knowledge that's not bad. But why people dey abuse AI, the wrong use of AI dey very bad and risky cause we cannot put all our trust on a robot and AI. Just like what you mentioned and students dey really make use of AI during Assignment but before AI come student dey buy knowledge with money so without AI students go still get another source, for me any student wey dey use AI or money to pass exam or project na dull student.

This is not entirely true, Nigerian students have always been like this some have always been serious (and still is) while others have always been using underlying means (examination malpractice) to pass exams including Waec and higher institutional exams. Also some institutional students sometimes may go and buy research, projects or seminar topics instead of the doing it themselves and miss the main essence of the research, project or seminar.
  All these have been existing before the adoption of AI, using AI doesn't mean you are not studying and even in researching without AI, there are chances of getting false information on the site you visit. That is why it is always advisable not to just accept anything just because a site, someone or Ai said its correct (you need to verify from other sources before accepting it) when doing your own research which is not just constraining to bitcoin or crypto investment.

I can't say anything about the use of AI in the present day educational system. But that can still be controlled by lecturers if they really want to do that. In my days, internet was there but we didn't rely on the internet but we read to accumulate knowledge and passed all the papers. But ChatGTP is a new technology that come to the educational system and it is very fast in producing answers so students are now relaxing in their houses and submit home work and browse in exam halls.


As we don talk am before, ChatGTP or AKA AI e no go fit take over human position. There are many stories to narrate on this matter but make we no go there for now but in some other days. The students dey use AI from e every thing because the lecturers themselves are very lazy to cross check students work. Now look at it. AI only produce one answer and if a lecturer give a question in exam and he checked the question in AI and anyone who uses AI he will know . And Mark those ones according to the AI answer. And list those names so next time students will not do it again. And another one again AI brain is not expanded so there is no way im go take over human brain. Human think wider and robot or AI think. Human brain is still the best.

To talk the major truth, ai na one of the thing wey dey make our students of nowadays lazy well well, just like wattin Justbillywitt talk say this matter no be only for the educational sector e for dey worry, e dey also affect almost every part of our live. E get one seminar wey I partake concerning Ai projects for the engineering field and wattin dem been dey tell us na be say, dem wan use Ai take replace human being for their work, just imaging the kind of disaster wey dem dey plan, yes e fit make their calculation dey more accurate oo, I give Ai that credit but dem go first gats sack people papa from work first and by so doing dem dey increase unemployment rate for the country. Then when we talk about the educational sector, students of nowadays na soso AI text generator dem take dey write their school project.

To me AI is a treat to humanity not just the educational sector as you have pointed out. There is no doubt that AI was manufactured for some obvious reasons but the truth is soon AI will be a real treat to human existence. This is not just peculiar to Nigeria but the world at large. I know that there are student's who will still do well on their own in this AI era. But let's look at the larger picture here what will happen when the AI will start taking our jobs in the banking sector, military, construction industry, Aviation etc. And you know our government don't like where they will spend money, they will start dropping human service and replacing them with AI machines. AI is a danger that is coming up gradually. When our jobs are taken away the rate crimes will increase in our society. There was a report I saw somewhere that Robots was seen controlling traffic in Lagos, I don't know how truth that is but soon it will take over. But I am happy that such machines don't have a space here in bitcointalk. Personally I don't like AI technology. 

From basic schools to tertiary institutions, there are several tests and examinations that students must pass before they are finally certified. Phones and other devices that can help the students to have access to AI are not allowed during examinations. But what I think is that AI can make learning easier but not a threat to education or educational system.

I have not heard about this before. Can you point me to a valid source about this. Most countries that I know are considered in this category are from Europe and Asia.

Well so far, Nigeria have been tagged one of the country with most brilliant students all over the world. A lot of our students when been challenged with students from other countries, comes out with outstanding results to show forth. This intelligence has emaciated from the hard educational system in the country. Nigerian students are taught the hard way in other for them to be stronger and better in the job market. So far, Nigeria produces more than a million graduates each year from various universities who are experts in their various field of study.

 The invention of Ai technology, which we all know is still under it's development stage has helped in somany ways but still it lacks accuracy. A reasonable and brilliant student wont need Ai to do his research. There are lots of data over the internet that you can research on for better understanding of your projects. A student who always depends on ai tech to do his works will eventually fail because the ai produces false responds more often and only someone with sound knowledge will be able to tell or clarify false information. The ai can still be of help, but they should learn not to abuse it.

Nigerian higher institution student now lack the zeal to read and do a proper research because of ai presently now ai is now the Messiah to many Nigerian students which I see as a threat if not is been done the thing about it is that most of the time it pops out wrong answers mean while if you did not study it will think it's correct, Nigerian student before now we're known to be very very intelligent not minding our semi failed educational system we have here its very easy for Nigeria's to bag first class and many other honors outside Nigeria because we do study hard for it but I doubt in 10 years time if we will be able to say this again because of the high rate of student turning to this Ai thing basically I see it helpful a little bit but I will still encourage you to still  study so you wouldn't be taken unaware with wrong answers.