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2025-07-21

Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Education: Enhancing Human Capabilities, Not Replacing Them

Inteligencia artificial en la educación en ingeniería: potenciar lo humano, no reemplazarlo

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Artificial intelligence, Critical thinking, Higher education, Ethical responsibility, Interdisciplinarity (en)
Inteligencia artificial, Pensamiento crítico, Educación superior, Responsabilidad ética, Interdisciplinariedad (es)

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The irruption of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education – especially its generative forms, i.e., models capable of producing text, images, or code – has rapidly transformed pedagogical, administrative, and assessment practices in our institutions. We are facing a reconfiguration of the university space that cannot be reduced to the adoption of tools; instead, it demands a critical examination of its epistemic, ethical, and pedagogical implications. Generative AI has established a set of practices that, if not continuously monitored, could compromise the very essence of education in engineering and other disciplines [1].

La irrupción de la inteligencia artificial (IA) en la educación superior —en especial sus formas generativas, i.e., los modelos capaces de producir textos, imágenes o código— ha transformado rápidamente las prácticas pedagógicas, administrativas y evaluativas en nuestras instituciones. Nos encontramos ante una reconfiguración del espacio universitario que no puede reducirse a la adopción de herramientas, sino que exige un examen crítico de sus implicaciones epistémicas, éticas y pedagógicas. La IA generativa ha instaurado una serie de prácticas que, si no se supervisan constantemente, podrían poner en peligro la mismísima esencia de la educación en ingeniería y otras disciplinas [1].

 

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