The AI Bubble and the Fragile Classroom: Systems Thinking, Cascading Risks, and the Future of Education
Description
Artificial intelligence has become one of the defining forces of the present decade, yet the scale of enthusiasm surrounding it has also revived an older question in technology history: are we witnessing durable transformation, or are we living through a speculative bubble? This article examines the idea of the “AI bubble” through a question-and-answer structure and places special attention on what the issue means for the education sector. Rather than treating the bubble conversation as a purely financial concern, the discussion argues that hype, boom, bust, and policy lag are already affecting schools, universities, teachers, and students. In this article, DVUCA is used as a practical adaptation of the established VUCA framework to emphasize digitally amplified volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in contemporary education.