ETHICS OF USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Ключевые слова:
artificial intelligence; legal education; ethics; academic integrity; digitalization; higher education; Uzbekistan; AI policy.Аннотация
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into higher education — and in particular into legal training — raises a set of profound ethical questions that academic and legal communities can no longer defer. This article examines the ethical dimensions of AI use in higher educational institutions, with particular emphasis on legal education in Uzbekistan and at the Tashkent State University of Law. Drawing on international frameworks — including the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2021) and comparative institutional experience from the United States, the European Union, and Australia — the article analyzes four core ethical challenges: threats to academic integrity, erosion of critical legal thinking, algorithmic bias and reliability of AI-generated legal analysis, and questions of data privacy. The article further examines the legal and policy context of Uzbekistan's AI integration, including the Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies until 2030. The authors argue that responsible and ethically governed AI adoption, guided by transparent institutional frameworks, is not merely advisable but indispensable to preserving the quality, integrity, and humanistic foundations of legal education
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