INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. RISKS AND PROSPECTS

In the modern world, the rapid development of digital technologies, in particular artificial intelligence (AI), is significantly transforming all spheres of social life, including education and science. Global trends in digitalization require the education system to adapt to new conditions, in particular, the integration of innovative technological solutions into the educational and research process. AI already demonstrates the ability to optimize learning, make it more personalized, accessible, effective and flexible. One of the key tasks of modern education is the formation of a competitive, creative and critically thinking generation capable of functioning in conditions of high technologicality and dynamism. Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool for achieving this goal: it allows for the implementation of adaptive learning, automation of knowledge assessment, analysis of educational trajectories, and improvement of the efficiency of management processes in educational institutions. At the same time, the active implementation of AI generates a number of new challenges related to ethics, security, privacy, academic integrity and digital inequality. There is a need not only for the technical implementation of such solutions, but also for the formation of a digital culture among all participants in the educational process – pupils, students, teachers, administrators, parents. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the prospects for the implementation of artificial intelligence in educational and scientific activities, taking into account modern technological trends, challenges and ethical aspects, proposes a definition of artificial intelligence as the ability of computer systems and programs to model human intellectual activity, analyzes the possibilities of using artificial intelligence in various areas of human activity, in particular: education, medicine and business, substantiates new approaches to integrating intelligent systems into the educational process, provides a classification of risks and benefits of using AI in education, and also offers recommendations for various participants in the educational environment on the effective and safe use of AI.