Opportunities for Using Artificial Intelligence in the Higher Education System (in the field of international relations)

The article examines the role and the influence of artificial intelligence in the digital age in the field of higher education, in particular in the field of International relations. The article, which comprehensively presents the issue under discussion, also makes the focus on the growing role of artificial intelligence in the field of international relations, which has become one of the important issues on the agenda of superpower relations. At the same time, the advantages and risks of digital technologies and artificial intelligence systems are discussed, which, on the one hand, ensure technological progress, and on the other, create dividing barriers between developed and less developed countries. The author researches how the foreign policy departments of the leading world powers use the opportunities provided by artificial intelligence systems in their work, and what advantages this provides. The above-mentioned questions indicate that the current generation of International relations scholars must be capable to use the instruments of digital technologies and artificial intelligence systems in the course of their professional activities, which will save time and increase the efficiency of the work done. However, the important question is how to use digital technologies and artificial intelligence systems in the educational process of training specialists in International relations, so that this does not have negative consequences and does not lead to overload of students or tutors. It is necessary to identify the relevant components of education in this regard, as well as to estimate the proportion of using the artificial intelligence in education. It is important that the university is also a research environment and the functioning of a continuous chain of science and education is really crucial, and in which the use of artificial intelligence capabilities is also important. The article also analyzes and presents the views of researchers involved in the issue regarding the positive and negative consequences of the use of artificial intelligence in higher education. Accordingly, conclusions were drawn regarding the prospects for the use of artificial intelligence in higher education.

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