Lunar Society members and guests were treated to a fascinating discussion about the challenges, opportunities and possibilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education at an event held in Birmingham University’s Business School.

Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum stated that AI is revolutionising education. With this in mind, we were delighted to welcome a thought-provoking and insightful discussion on such an important topic, which has the potential to impact on us all.

The session was chaired by Professor Jonathan Green, Fellow of The Lunar Society and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education at the University of Birmingham.

Jonathan introduced the first speaker, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Birmingham, Michael Grove, who gave a riveting presentation about the impact of generative AI, touching on AI bias, mathematical equations, assessment in universities and, believe it or not, Daily Star front page headlines.    

This was followed by the learned thoughts of Lunar Society Fellows Dr Rashida Sharif and John Rainford, who joined Michael for a panel discussion, and answered some very diverse questions from the audience.

Jonathan said: “AI is clearly a fast-moving area affecting how we teach, how students learn, assessment and the maintenance of standards. It also has implications for the broader skills agenda and employment. Definitely a topic for further debate in the Lunar Society.”