ChatGPT and comparable Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are penetrating all areas of Society – not least in schools. They deliver texts, reports and presentations that humans could not have done better. And teachers are wondering who or what they should grade for what. Interview with the NachDenkseiten the educator, media scientist and book author Ralf Lankau pleads for a return to what learning really means in the face of the onslaught of digital technologies: being able to lead a self-determined and self-responsible life.
Personal details: Ralf Lankau, born in 1961, is a professor for digital design, media design and media theory at the Offenburg University of Applied Sciences. He heads the graphic workshop at the Media Faculty, researches experimental media production in art, teaching and science and publishes on design, communication science and (media) education. Lankau runs the project «futur iii – digital technology between promises of freedom and total surveillance«, is a co-initiator of the «Alliance for humane education» and is currently working on the «pedagogical turn, the necessary reflection on education and teaching».