WAYS OF INTRODUCING ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE INTO THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF TEACHING ENGLISH AT NON-LANGUAGE UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of the accelerating digital revolution of society, the emergence of artificial intelligence and its impact on the educational process. Based on the study of scientific works of predecessors, as well as digital platforms for foreign language teachers, the main advantages and disadvantages of using the technologies under consideration, their impact on the development of students’ skills and abilities are established. Considerable attention is paid to platforms that offer the fulfilment of a number of pedagogical tasks and allow accelerating extracurricular preparation for classes and automating student assessment, as well as the possibility of supplementing traditional educational materials with interactive tasks. The author carries out a comparative analysis of generative text models created for the purpose of universal use and digital resources with AI elements aimed at transforming the learning process. The article reveals the concepts of ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ artificial intelligence, the prospects of their development, as well as the possible consequences of their application by the pedagogical community and students. This view of the problem will be of interest to specialists in linguistics, pedagogy and psychology.