EDITORIAL

Learn by Heart
by Cherie Ann I. Dela Vega

Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays an important role in everyday life, so as to education

system. It can assess students and adapt to their needs, helping them work at their own pace.
However, students might become overly reliant on AI which may limit their ability to
improve their writing skills independently as based on the data from LinkedIn.
According to BetterUp, critical thinking is the ability to analyze facts and form a
judgement. It allows an individual to perform problem-solving and decision-making more
effectively while human interactions are important for communicating and working with groups
and individuals in one’s personal and professional life. Hence, these skills are one of the
essential aspect of learning.
Overreliance on AI-powered tools leads to less time interaction between students and
educators. Lack of personal connection could exacerbate feelings of isolation and loneliness
which causes a negative impact on student’s mental health as based from the article of Ts2
Space.
 Furthermore, students’ skills of learning might slow down and doors for room of
improvement and enhancement will disappear in the void when they all rely on AI-based
learning.
Another reason that AI might negatively affect the students learning is that student
won’t effortly think of a better way of making things work for them since they believe that AI
will provide almost everything ready and done for them effortlessly.
Although AI has the potential to enhance the educational experience, improve learning
outcomes, and support student success, we shouldn’t ignore the fact that it makes students
feebler and only depend on the efforts and intelligence of the AI’s.
In accordance to this matter, we strongly recommend to student to use AI in
moderation and to take advantage of this to significantly learn more. Though AI can basically
provide personalized learning and instant feedback, it still has no heart that can support the
student emotionally as they need to succeed. To hit the books, we need to learn it by heart for
us pass with flying colors.

EDITORIAL
Enslaved by Technologies
by Cherie Ann I. Dela Vega

Artificial Intelligence (AI) was introduced to the world that it can help humans do things
more efficiently and done swiftly with no major errors. Besides, it basically proved to people
that it is a great tool that can make one’s life more convenient and easy to live.
However, how can we be so sure that relying on AI won’t endanger human’s well-being?
According to Search Logistics articles, there are about 4.2 billion devices with AI-powered
assistants as of 2021. Hence, billions of people are becoming more and more dependent on it in
their daily lives to do even simple tasks. And it seems that relying too much on advanced
technologies affects human’s well-being too.
Moreover, an article of LinkedIn claimed that relying on AI systems has a potential
psychological impacts to human such as anxiety, addictions, social isolation, depression and
paranoia. And so this mental health problems can worsen up one’s overall health. This means
that if an individual spend so much time in using AI systems and beyond necessary, they prefer
to be alone.
And this is when social isolation comes. According to Metaverse article, we are able to
do things on our own with faster internet speeds on our hands and the use of AI systems. When
we isolate ourselves, this is when loneliness creeps in and it is fraught with mental problems. By
which it reduces our self-esteem and risks of depression increases.
Consequently, the more time they spend on AI system, the more risky they will feel
lonely as based on the data from the Metaverse article.
Although AI is useful and significant in our present life especially in businesses aspects
for it improves our quality of life as stated from the article of LinkedIn, it is important to be
aware of the potential risks associated with technology use and to make ways to offset the risks
it might.
There are ways we can control and mitigate the risks of having mental health problems.
We should use AI systems in moderation. We shouldn’t spend too much time in it and rather
bond and talk with our families and friends if we want to feel more entertained and connected.
Walk rather than sitting on the couch and doing nothing but to scroll on your gadget’s screens.
We might not notice this earlier but if you think that you are the master of your
technologies because you own it, check yourself once again. Maybe you’ll realize that’s when
you got it wrong and found yourself getting pulled into these gadgets and spend more time
using it, lured by its potentials and efficiency. Manage and control your AI technology use, don’t
let it go as far as to enslave you.