@inproceedings{c6895a91ce4a42cfad1b5c2a58269259,
title = "When computers will replace teachers and counsellors: Heaven and hell scenarios",
abstract = "The paper starts by describing and analysing some the recent dramatic developments in Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and connected technological areas. It then extrapolates from these developments a prediction: that as machines are getting so intelligent and human-like, it is very probable that, over the next two decades, sophisticated Smart Assistances (SA) will gradually {"}conquer{"} many of, what up until now was considered to be {"}necessarily{"} human functions of teaching. Furthermore, such {"}Educational SAs{"} will be able to understand humans - {"}read{"} their emotions and thoughts and guide or control them - to extents that human have never had. It ends by arguing that these developments may have positive, as well as negative consequences, and that ensuring a positive outcome demands requires consorted macro-strategic efforts by researchers, decision makers and developers.",
keywords = "Agent, Artificial intelligence, Counsellors, Humanistic pedagogy, Mentor, Teachers, Technology, Virtual reality",
author = "Aharon Aviram and Yoav Armony",
year = "2013",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781629933191",
series = "Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL",
publisher = "Academic Conferences Limited",
pages = "1--7",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2013",
note = "12th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2013 ; Conference date: 30-10-2013 Through 31-10-2013",
}