Abstract

In this essay I am going to explore the different ways in which developments in engineering technology and materials science have improved the quality of learning and at the same time somewhat diminished students innate intellectual ability which came as the result of what we know as A.I.

According to wikipedia.org the word "education" comes from the conjunction of a Latin words "I lead" or "duco" meaning "I conduct". Which from prehistoric times of the great Greek philosophers or even the ancient Egypt, involved a teacher "conducting" a class of student  who were to learn skills needed to coexist with society and be productive for the common wealth of the society. In the pre-literate era, people relied on spoken word to pass useful information to others. Later primitive form of printing developed, visualised as cave paintings or hieroglyphs in the ancient Egypt. As wikipedia.org states (under the key words of "cave paintings") the oldest cave paintings are 40000 years old. According to (https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cave_painting) the primitive cave tribal people used mineral pigments such as; manganese, hematite or gypsum to produce their lasting artwork which teaches millennial  scientists about the origins of educational artwork and primitive technological developments in the printed image.

The technology of printing was further developed by the Egyptians who began producing Hieroglyphs (cave paintings) of better quality and with the use of civilized language. The ancient Egyptians also developed paper as means of passing and shearing information. According to Wikipedia.org on (history of paper) the Egyptians used the "papyrus" long before the Chinese, and so the Greeks and the romans followed the technology of paper and began writing laws and philosophies on paper using pigments as ink.

With the evolution of mankind through thousands of years the printing technology improved and apart from pen and paper the teachers and students can enjoy the use of machines to type written words, draw and share information globally over the network of computers. With these drastic developments some higher education facilities worry that the use of artificially intelligent machines diminishes the intellectual capabilities of students and decreases global IQ. However, many people disagree and refuse to accept the many misleading conspiracy theories about the misuse of technological advancements to improve learning of students world wide.

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