AI, education and sociodigital futures: beyond the hype, beyond the obvious

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2025.e105467

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Artificial intelligence, Sociodigital futures, Education, Sustainable society

Abstract

The constant transformations in social, economic and political contexts driven by datafication and Artificial Intelligence (AI) raise questions about the role of contemporary education in promoting the construction of fairer and decolonial sociodigital futures. This essay explores a number of AI research questions in a transdisciplinary manner, as addressed by a group of early career researchers invited to a series of workshops held in Brazil in 2024 under the title ‘AI and Sociodigital Futures: beyond the hype, beyond the obvious’. The overarching methodology of this workshop was inspired by the emerging research field of sociodigital futures, developed by the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF) (University of Bristol), in which social life and digital technologies are inextricably linked and cannot be separated. We conclude that education, both in its configuration as a fundamental right and in its role as a field of applied research, urgently needs to break away from the simplistic view of AI as a mere tool to improve curricular contents, seeking new ways of contributing towards more inclusive and sustainable societies.

Biografie autore

Priscila Gonsales, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Master in Artificial Intelligence and Impacts on Education at PUC-SP, a master in Education, Family and Digital Technologies at the Pontifical University of Salamanca. Researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Technologies for the Common Good. PhD student in Languages ​​and Technologies at Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, SP, Brasil.

Marisela Gutierrez Lopez, Universidade de Bristol

Senior Research Associate at the Center for Sociodigital Futures at the University of Bristol

Carolina Valladares-Celis, Universidade de Bristol

Senior Research Associate at the Center for Sociodigital Futures at the University of Bristol

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2025-12-01

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Gonsales, P., Gutierrez Lopez, M., & Valladares-Celis, C. (2025). AI, education and sociodigital futures: beyond the hype, beyond the obvious. Perspectiva, 43(4), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2025.e105467

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Dossiê Tecnologias Digitais e Educação: entre perturbações e desafios