Artificial intelligence in the modern educational space: pros and cons

Introduction . The author’s reasoning is aimed at assessing the volume of the presence of artificial intelligence in the Russian educational space, its tasks at the present stage of development and the role in further social strategies of the institution of education. Purpose setting . The appeal to the topic is due to the purpose of studying the ambivalence of the processes of using and introducing artificial intelligence products into the educational process. Among the author’s tasks: determining the vectors for assessing artificial intelligence resources, the volume of their use in various conditions, as well as the degree of influence on the educational performance of students . Methodology and methods of the study . The study is based on dialectical and systemic methods-approaches. The method of secondary analysis of All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research data, information certificates and reports of the Ministry of Education of the Irkutsk Region was applied. The results of author’s sociological research are presented (an express survey of student youth of the Irkutsk region «Digital experience in educational practice», an expert survey «Prospects and risks of artificial intelligence in the education system»). Results . The riskiness of digitalization is confirmed by the assessments of experts and the opinion of student youth. The technological resource of artificial intelligence is accompanied by polar processes, namely social apathy, hypertrophy of simulacra, a decrease in creativity, a decrease in the share of creative skills in solving educational problems, fragmentation of memory due to the permanent availability of information, a decrease in the locus of control and analytical reading skills. Conclusion . The expansion of digital experience requires a socio-philosophical analysis of the dehumanizing consequences of the phenomenon for the introduction of corrective measures that actualize the educational potential of education.