The Value, Function and Realization Path of Ideological and Political Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Along with the extensive use of artificial intelligence in the whole society, the deep integration of AI and education has become an inevitable trend. The value implication of AI on ideological and political education is reflected in the integration of AI technology with the four basic elements of ideological and political education: the subject, object, mediator and ring, which endows the traditional mode of ideological and political education with new vitality and great potential for development, and forms a personalized education mode, refined education management, panoramic education evaluation and intelligent education environment. Thus, it provides research tools and research methods for research subjects to deepen their understanding of the objectivity and universality of the function of ideological and political education, and endows the academic environment of ideological and political education function with more mobility, which makes the content of the research of ideological and political education function richer. However, while AI boosts the epochal development of ideological and political education work, it also has problems such as weakening the discourse status of the subject of ideological and political education, deviation of educational value and lack of humanistic care, and ethical risks of data and privacy leakage. Therefore, in the era of AI, it is necessary to strengthen the role authority and ideological guidance of the main body of the discourse of ideological and political education, balance the “intelligence” and “emotional” of ideological and political education, and adhere to the bottom-line requirements of the ethical safeguard mechanism of ideological and political education, so as to make artificial intelligence play a more effective role in ideological and political education. AI can play a more effective role in ideological and political education.