Artificial intelligence concept and objectives
Those who aspire to artificial intelligence technology find that it represents a huge breakthrough that may help move classrooms from the traditional framework of learning to the modern framework that keeps pace with the nature of the current era and is represented by the use of a mixture of robots, or programs and applications that can be designed as needed.
This leads to a large and increasing percentage of students and teachers benefiting from artificial intelligence due to its characteristics that are characterized by continuity and flexibility; Which facilitates the management of the educational process in a way that guarantees its success and facilitates the achievement of the goals associated with it.
The concept of artificial intelligence:
Definitions of artificial intelligence technology varied due to its modernity, and its passage through many stages related to its development. It is a concept that has deep and extended roots from expert systems as one of its fields to what it has reached now, as well as as a result of the continuous development of technological techniques that differ from one era to another.
Samia Qammoura (pp. 5, 6) defines artificial intelligence ([1]): it is the scientific and technical current that includes methods, theories, and techniques that aim to create machines capable of simulating intelligence; Also, artificial intelligence consists of two basic concepts:
*. Memory: It performs the storage process and is a form of intelligence called negative intelligence.
*. Inference: It means the ability to analyze and comprehend the relationship between things and concepts in order to understand the facts, and this can only be done through the use of memory, logic and other means derived from mathematical sciences.
Artificial intelligence is also known as: “a branch of computer science; Through it, computer programs can be developed that suit and simulate the method of human intelligence, and they can be designed so that the computer can perform some tasks instead of the human.” (Lina Al-Farani, Samar Al-Hujaili, p. 76)
It is also known as: the process of simulating human intelligence through computer systems, and it is done by studying human behavior by conducting experiments on their behavior and putting them in certain situations and observing their reaction, thinking pattern, and dealing with these situations; And then trying to simulate the human way of thinking through complex computer systems. (Riyad Zarrouqi, Princess Falta, p. 5).
In light of the previous definitions, it can be said that artificial intelligence aims to:
*. Simulation of human intelligence through advanced computer programs based on advanced programming languages.
*. Artificial intelligence relies on advanced hardware and software that operates on storage and inference systems through algorithms, mathematical and logical functions.
*. Artificial intelligence works in light of the information and data provided by humans.
*. Artificial intelligence needs what is known as Bigdata to provide an appropriate amount of information that allows more alternatives and options to make the appropriate decision.
The importance of artificial intelligence in education:
By analyzing many studies and literature, it can be said that the importance of artificial intelligence lies in the following points:
*. Diagnosis of educational cases to achieve an appropriate educational level for students.
*. Playing the role of the teacher and giving advice related to the educational situation.
*. Making decisions that suit the learner according to the nature of the activity required of him within the educational situation.
*. Auto-correction of tests, which saves the teacher’s time to benefit from it in other educational tasks.
*. Continuous evaluation of learners by tracking their learning paths in real time and accurately judging their skill acquisition over time.
*. Increase interaction between students and educational content, as is the case in the Chatbot service, which can recognize the language of students and have a real conversation with them.
*. Collecting, storing, analyzing, securing and maintaining data for use in developing other programs.
*. Providing learning systems suitable for students with special needs.
*. Artificial intelligence relies on what is known as Big Data. And then provide all the data that help in making the decision.
In addition to the above, there are many benefits that artificial intelligence can achieve in general, including:
*. Ability to solve problems. Inventing applications that facilitate practical and educational life. Supporting individuals and easing them in performing hard and dangerous work.
*. Time management, as it is possible through artificial intelligence applications to save the time required for decision-making, by providing the appropriate and appropriate timing for each task; Where the performance of the task ends at a specific time without being affected by human malfunctions such as rest, and bad moods and psychological states that affect the nature of work.
*. Availability of multiple and diverse alternatives for decision-making; Where artificial intelligence puts more than one alternative to make the appropriate decision.
Characteristics of artificial intelligence:
There are a set of characteristics that AI must possess in order to achieve goals with a high degree of accuracy. (Abdel-Razek Mahmoud, 2020; Ammar Al-Samarrai, Nadia Muhammad, 2020) indicated that the characteristics and attributes of artificial intelligence are represented in.
- Thinking and realizing. Learning and benefiting from past experiences.
- Employing old experiences in new situations.
- Dealing with difficult and complex matters.
- Dealing with ambiguous situations.
- Visualization and creativity in results.
- Perform tasks quickly and accurately.