As AI begins to move from being a mere tool to a creative and intellectual collaborator, how can schools meaningfully integrate it into learning while preserving human curiosity and originality—and how can students play an active role in shaping this evolution? 

Ans) AI will undoubtedly transform education, but the real question is whether we can guide that transformation to serve human intellect instead of replacing it. True progress would only be achieved when we learn how the two can strengthen each other. I have always been a strong believer that technology and artificial energy should be integrated more into education, but as a facilitator. Technology, no matter how advanced, must remain an instrument guided by human intention and conscience. It is we who built it, shaped its purpose, and set its boundaries. The moment it begins to dictate our choices or replace our curiosity, it stops being progress and starts becoming dependency. Artificial intelligence should assist human intellect, not overshadow it. From when fire was discovered to now possible colonisation of extraterrestrial planets, we have undertaken this journey of progress alone, with little assistance from artificial intelligence. Hence, our goal must always be to lead with wisdom, ensuring innovation amplifies our humanity rather than diminishes it. 

Nevertheless, we should always have an open mind when we talk about integrating AI in education. Redundant tasks should be given to such AI systems because they ensure that we can focus on more meaningful, strategic, and policy-driven decisions. Over the years, we have digitalised many aspects of education such as our app, which now centralises notices, marksheets, and other essential information. Each of these steps brings us closer to an ecosystem where technology handles the operational load, empowering humans to focus on vision, policy, and purpose.

Furthermore, now when we talk about creativity, it is important for us to realise how creativity and what it means is changing in today’s world. Recently, there was an art competition at the Colorado State Fair where Jason M. Allen’s Théâtre D’opéra Spatial won. He later admitted that he used AI image generator Midjourney to create it. This just goes to show how artificial intelligence has advanced, yet every bit of its ‘creativity’ originates from us. These systems receive millions of prompts every day, and with access to the vast pools of human intelligence and ideas, they build upon what we have created. AI does not invent from nothing—it mirrors the depth, diversity, and brilliance of the human mind that shaped it.

 What I feel is we must preserve our three-H’s, our heart, our head, and our hand. The heart gives emotions, the head reasons, and the hand undertakes action- and together they define true creativity. By relying too heavily on AI, we risk truncating these very faculties that make us human and are the very tenets of our progress and innovation. Technology should serve as an aid, not a replacement, ensuring that our creativity continues to stem from thought, feeling, and effort, rather than automation.

Students, too, can now play a more active role in the R&D of Artificial Intelligence. The idea of the new AI Lab in our school is to innovate and generate new ideas, and the human thinking part has to be done there. Students are the key drivers, and they can now reimagine the future of artificial intelligence, too. By engaging directly with AI research, students learn not just how to use technology, but how to question and shape it. It is in their curiosity and imagination that the next great leap in human–machine collaboration will be born.

At the end of it all, the real measure of progress will not be how intelligent our machines become, but how deeply we continue to think, feel, and create as humans. We stand at a turning point where technology can either sharpen our minds or soften them, depending on how we choose to use it. The challenge is to let AI expand the boundaries of what we can imagine, without letting it erode the instincts that make imagination possible. Our task is to stay curious, to keep questioning, and to remember that no algorithm can replace the pulse of a thinking, feeling mind.