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AI as the Death Sentence of (Philosophy) Studies

Abstract

This essay explores, from a theoretical-conceptual perspective, the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on philosophical education. Starting from the premise that self-understanding is fundamental to the study of Philosophy, insofar as it is associated with the development of autonomous thinking, its aim is to demonstrate the harm that the use of AI may cause to students’ educational formation. The essay concludes by arguing for the urgency of a debate on a fundamental reform of German higher education, one that would make possible—contrary to current trends—a much closer relationship between instructors and students, through the establishment of entirely different forms of academic supervision and support. Such changes would help restore and strengthen the trust between students and professors that is necessary for the assessment of learning and, more fundamentally, for the educational process as a Whole.