A.

OPENING STATEMENT

While it is undeniable that technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), has revolutionized various
aspects of life, including education, it is crucial to examine the implications of its integration more
critically. AI, despite its potential, presents significant challenges in the educational sector. It risks
fostering dependency, stifling critical thinking, and diminishing the human element essential for holistic
learning. Education is not merely about acquiring information; it is about fostering creativity, problem-
solving, and human connection—qualities that AI cannot replicate. Today, we stand against the
overreliance on AI in education, advocating instead for balanced, thoughtful integration that preserves
the core purpose of learning and human development.

B. ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF CON SIDE.

1. Erosion of Human Connection

Con: Education is not solely about transferring knowledge but also about building emotional and social
connections. AI tools cannot replicate the empathy, intuition, and understanding that human teachers
provide.

Counterargument: AI tools are not meant to replace teachers but to support them. Teachers can use AI
to handle routine tasks, allowing them to focus more on meaningful interactions and relationships with
students.

2. Equity and Accessibility Challenges

AI tools often require advanced technology and stable internet access, which are not universally
available. This creates disparities, leaving marginalized communities further behind.

Counterargument: Governments, NGOs, and private organizations can work together to bridge the
digital divide by providing funding, infrastructure, and subsidized technology to underserved areas. AI
can eventually become a tool for reducing inequality rather than exacerbating it.

3. Loss of Critical Thinking Skills

Over-reliance on AI for answers and solutions may hinder students' ability to think critically, solve
problems, and conduct independent research.

Counterargument: When used correctly, AI can enhance critical thinking by offering interactive
problem-solving exercises and adaptive learning tools that challenge students to analyze, evaluate, and
create rather than merely memorize.

4. Bias and Inaccuracy in AI Systems

AI tools are only as unbiased as the data they are trained on. They may perpetuate or amplify biases,
presenting inaccurate or culturally insensitive content to students.

Counterargument: AI systems can be improved through rigorous data quality checks, diverse training
datasets, and continuous human oversight to minimize bias and ensure accuracy. Educators and
developers can collaborate to ensure culturally appropriate and unbiased content.

5. Privacy and Security Risks

AI systems collect vast amounts of personal data from students and teachers, increasing the risk of data
breaches, misuse, and ethical violations.

Counterargument: Strong data protection laws, encryption, and ethical AI frameworks can ensure
student and teacher data is securely stored and responsibly used. Institutions can work with trusted
providers to maintain data integrity.

6. Job Displacement for Educators

Automating educational tasks may threaten teachers’ roles and livelihoods, particularly in areas like
tutoring, grading, or administrative support.

Counterargument: AI is not about replacing teachers but augmenting their capabilities. New roles can
emerge, such as AI integration specialists or personalized learning coordinators, creating opportunities
for educators rather than eliminating them.

7. Dependency and Skill Degradation

Relying heavily on AI tools might cause students and educators to lose essential skills, such as
handwriting, manual calculations, or interpersonal communication.

When the usage and dependency of AI are increased, this will automatically limit the human brain’s
thinking capacity. This, as a result, rapidly decreases the thinking capacity of humans. This removes
intelligence capacities from humans and makes them more artificial. In addition, so much interaction
with technology has pushed us to think like algorithms without understanding (Sarwat, 2018). Another
issue is the human dependency on AI technology in almost every walk of life. Undoubtedly, it has
improved living standards and made life easier, but it has impacted human life miserably and made
humans impatient and lazy (Krakauer, 2016). It will slowly and gradually starve the human brain of
thoughtfulness and mental efforts as it gets deep into each activity, like planning and organizing. High-
level reliance on AI may degrade professional skills and generate stress when physical or brain measures
are needed (Gocen and Aydemir, 2020).

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-01787-8

Counterargument: AI tools should be used to supplement, not replace, foundational skills. Educators
can incorporate traditional teaching methods alongside AI to maintain and develop critical basic skills.
8. One-Size-Fits-All Limitations
While AI is promoted as "personalized," it often follows algorithmic patterns that may not fully address
the unique and nuanced needs of individual students, particularly those with diverse learning styles or
disabilities.

Counterargument: AI is continually evolving, with many systems offering highly adaptive features.
Developers can design AI tools to accommodate diverse learning styles and provide customization
options that address individual needs.

9. Ethical Concerns in Decision-Making

Delegating decisions to AI (e.g., grading, tracking progress, or career recommendations) raises concerns
about transparency, accountability, and fairness.

Counterargument: AI decisions can be monitored and validated by teachers to ensure fairness. Clear
guidelines and transparency in AI systems can make their processes more accountable and ethical.

10. Short-Term Focus vs. Long-Term Impact

Schools might adopt AI tools to meet short-term goals like improved test scores but overlook the long-
term impact on holistic education and personal development.

Counterargument: AI tools can contribute to long-term educational improvements by providing scalable

solutions, consistent learning e

11. Cost and Maintenance Issues

AI tools are expensive to implement and maintain, diverting funds from other essential educational
needs, such as teacher training, classroom resources, or infrastructure development.

Counterargument: While initial costs may be high, AI systems can reduce long-term expenses by
automating administrative tasks and scaling educational resources, ultimately becoming cost-effective
over time. Public-private partnerships can help manage these expenses.

12. Lack of Contextual Understanding

AI tools cannot understand local, cultural, or societal contexts that influence learning environments,
which may lead to irrelevant or ineffective educational interventions.
Counterargument: AI tools can be localized to fit specific cultural, societal, or educational contexts by
involving local educators and experts during development. AI is flexible and can adapt to diverse
environments with proper programming.

TIPS: Since affirmative ang una, to counter their arguments, what we need to do is to make their
statement looks like As the cons side, our argument should focus on how these counterarguments are
insufficient or unrealistic, emphasizing the irreplaceable value of human educators and the risks of over-
reliance on AI.

C. STATISTICS AND STUDIES

1. The article "The Dark side of Algorithm: Potential Pitfalls of AI in Education" Highlights concerns about
the use of AI in learning, particularly its impact on critical thinking and independent learning. The article
implies that while AI tools in education can be beneficial, overreliance on them may negatively affect
students' ability to think critically and solve problems independently. It suggests that true learning
comes from actively engaging with challenges rather than relying on instant solutions provided by AI.

Source: http://https://www.mobileguardian.com/blog/negative-effects-of-artificial-intelligence-in-
education

2. According to the result of the study of Nur Fitria, (2022). No amount of AI can replace the teacher's
ability to teach. Which basically means that the teacher's role is irreplaceable by robots or AI.

source: Nur Fitria, Tira. (2021). Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Education: Using AI Tools for Teaching and
Learning Process. Through;
http://https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357447234_Artificial_Intelligence_AI_In_Education_U
sing_AI_Tools_for_Teaching_and_Learning_Process/citation/download

Lack of human interaction. Even though AI can give students personalized educational services, it
cannot replace human teachers who provide face-to-face interactions. Teachers can humanly interact,
discuss, and provide feedback unlike AI could ever. They are crucial in students’ development not only in
their academic careers but also as they develop social skills, as advocated by Teachers of Tomorrow.
Teachers provide a sense of physical interaction that artificial intelligence could never replace. As seen
through the global pandemic, human interaction is necessary for an individual’s overall well-being. AI
could potentially result in decreased human interaction and end up leading to detrimental educational
experiences.
Another major disadvantage of AI in education is the dependence on it involving the educational
process. Artificial intelligence can complete difficult, lengthy assignments almost instantaneously and
students may become overly dependent on technology for tasks where they could be learning and
developing their brains. Students gain problem-solving skills and work ethic from completing
assignments in their academic careers that prepare them for their futures. Relying on AI to complete
these tasks where they should be learning can be dangerous for individuals in the long run when they
have no ability to think independently.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/highschool.latimes.com/newport-harbor-high-school/the-
effects-of-ai-on-education/amp/

3. research presented by Lutz (2019) argues that AI amplifies inequity in the educational classroom
through what he refers to as a digital divide. In the first level, Lutz (2019) claims that the first divide
occurs through lack of accessibility to the internet. Where Van Dijk (2006) points out that digital divide is
defined as the disparity between students who do and don't have access to new forms of information
technology (as cited by Lutz, 2019) meanwhile, Font de la Valle and Araya (2023) as well as Choi et al.
(2023) argue that AI creates disparities and inequalities among learning outcomes, objectives and
opportunities among those students who have access to AI enhanced technologies and those students
who lack access to such tools and resources leading to an unfair advantage in the overall learning
experience.

According to Lutz (2019) AI amplifies existing inequity in education through what he calls a "digital
divide." The a divide occurs because of lack of accessibility to the internet. Where Van Dijk (2006)
points out that digital divide is defined as the disparity between students who do and don't have access
to new forms of information technology

Source:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X23000589

D. CLOSING REMARKS

As the usage of AI tools escalate in the educational setting, it’s crucial to address the negative impacts on
students academic performance. The Students activities and involvements in academic domain plays a vital
role for their holistic development, the adoption of AI tools in the academic activities can be encourage until
it will become more reliant. Over-reliance on AI tools by the students for the achievement of their academic
goals can be result decline in critical thinking skills, disappearance of the traditional skills such as handwriting
skills, memorization and math solving skills which are still important for academic settings. Moreover, the
over-reliance of AI tools may lead to concern about ethical issues such as privacy of the students these AI
tools may collect the data of the students without their consent and knowledge which can be possible to
misuse their sensitive information, therefore addressing ethical concerns should not be ignore in the view of
to establish safeguards to students well-being and rights. Furthermore, AI tools may contain inaccuracy and
biases in the readily available data which can affect the academic work of the students that may lead to get
wrong conclusion and false information from AIpowered platforms. AI tools provides vast amount of
information to students which can leads to the students use to copy and paste the data without
understanding the contents or the topic, this attitude of the students makes them lethargic and inactiveness
moreover it will lead to hindrance for cognitive development of the students which is vital for academic
settings.

—over-reliance of AI tools may hindrance to social interaction between the teachers and students and
among the students when there’s a absence of teacher and students in the learning process it may be
difficult to development their effective communications skills, emotional intelligence and team work
abilities, however these skills are very much essential to achieve succession the real-world such as to get
job, collaboration, cooperation and build a strong relationships with the colleagues, self-awareness and
social skills which is crucial to contribute for their well-being life and overall success in the real-world.