Help students find their ‘magic’, says varsity chief

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Mushtak Al-Atabi says it is important to guide students to realise their potential to prepare them for a future dominated by automation and AI.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/05/07/help-students-find-their-magic-says-varsity-chief/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #MushtakAlAtabi #Students #ArtificialInteligence

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00:00 [Music]

00:02 Teachers must help students find a sense of purpose

00:05 to prepare them for a future where automation and artificial intelligence

00:09 render some professions obsolete, an academic said.

00:13 Mushtag Al-Atabi, the provost and CEO of Harriot Watt University Malaysia,

00:18 warned that there will come a time when machines take over the roles played by humans today.

00:23 People will replace you with a machine.

00:26 So finding who you are and finding that edge that you bring,

00:32 the specific value that only you can bring, will become so important.

00:37 Everyone needs to know what is their magic, and this is not something that we are born with.

00:43 In this respect, he said, education plays a central role

00:47 in guiding students to understand their unique abilities.

00:50 Mushtag proposed there be a review of how students are assessed,

00:54 saying a more realistic way to assess how well a student understands the subject matter

00:59 is for him to have a dialogue with an expert where he can impart his thoughts.

01:04 He also advocates for prioritizing emotional intelligence in education,

01:08 given that, in his view, qualities such as building meaningful connections,

01:13 self-awareness and ethical decision-making cannot be replicated by machines.

01:19 Without consciousness, this machine will not be able to have a sense of purpose

01:27 and act in an ethical way.

01:30 And I believe what technology is pushing us to realize

01:34 is that our real potential is in the emotional realm.

01:40 (gentle music)

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