Students and teachers at 10 state schools across Queensland will take part in a trial using artificial intelligence as a teaching tool.
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The trial will involve teachers using an adaptive learning platform called Cerego that uses generative AI and machine learning to provide quiz-based education programs that can be individually tailored to each student.
Education Minister Grace Grace said the technology will change the way students learn and how teachers create lessons, just as the introduction of the calculator and the internet did.
"For teachers AI is about saving time, reducing workload, and ensuring the technology is intuitive and easy to use. For students it provides a tailored interactive learning experience that quickly adapts to their individual needs," she said in a statement on Saturday.
Concerns have been raised about the accuracy of AI programs that are open-sourced, such as ChatGPT, which sweeps data from the internet with no concern for its source or accuracy.
Ms Grace said the AI used by the state's schools is not open-sourced, and will only take data from a digitised version of the full curriculum used in Queensland state schools.
She said safeguards are also being built into the system to protect people's data.
"While we need the right support, we need the right safeguards too: we can't have a situation where private data is sold off, where academic integrity is compromised, or where AI is used to bully students or target teachers," she said.
The trial will involve students from years five to 12 and will cover subjects including English, physics, science, health, humanities and accounting.
The announcement comes after a meeting of education ministers earlier this week when the framework for the use of AI in schools was discussed.
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Australian Associated Press
