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This paper is a discourse on blending of Artificial Intelligence and human resources towards positive learning outcomes. It is based on the authors‘ speculation that positive learning outcomes would be halted if careful steps are not taken to ensure a blend of artificial intelligence and human resources in tertiary education institutions. It is established that the assessment of learning outcomes are done after the learner must have been exposed to certain designed learning experiences by the teacher and other stakeholders and that this assessment is most often done by subjecting the learner to organized examinations or test. However, the authors submit here that since artificial intelligence involves programmed computer-controlled chips that can provide answers to questions and for the fact that students in tertiary institutions are noticeably using the AI provided answers in an examination, it is difficult to determine the learning outcomes from the students. The authors also submitted that without proper blending of AI and human resources, originality, independent thought, creative ideas, imaginations and sense of problem solving which are key yardsticks for measuring learning outcomes would not be guaranteed. Provoked by this state of affairs, the authors held unanimous view that emergence of artificial intelligence is welcomed in Nigeria because it has the capacity of helping the students, lecturers, non-teaching staff and major stakeholders in delivering on the mandate of tertiary education but emphasized that necessary steps must be taking to ensure careful blending of AI and human resources towards achieving positive outcomes. To do this, the authors suggested among other things that stakeholders in tertiary education should ensure adequate sensitization of both students and staff of tertiary institutions in Nigeria on the positive use of Artificial intelligence.
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