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As technology takes over education, should we be worried?

South Korea’s plans to introduce the world’s first AI-powered, tablet-based digital textbooks in 2025 have been mired in a firestorm of debate about potential privacy issues and worries that students are becoming overly dependent on digital devices. Despite these concerns, the country’s Education Minister Lee Ju-ho doubled down on the importance of transitioning classrooms to digital modes of learning while assuring teachers that they will be fully supported as they integrate artificial intelligence (AI) textbooks into their instruction.