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eCampus News
Summary
Students are increasingly turning to AI-powered career mentoring tools rather than human advisers, attracted by their availability, consistency, and nonjudgmental tone. These tools guide students through résumé building, job matching, and interview preparation. While many students appreciate the low-stakes feedback and on-demand access, the article cautions that AI mentors lack context, empathy, adaptability, and the ability to intervene ethically. Human mentors remain essential for developing resilience, nuance, and professional values. The piece argues that AI mentoring should supplement—not replace—human guidance, and that institutions must consider trust, transparency, and balance in deploying algorithmic support systems.
Key Points
- AI mentors are trusted by students for reliability, availability, and neutrality in feedback.
- They are used to support résumé advice, career pathway suggestions, interview prep, etc.
- However, AI lacks empathy, context awareness, and the moral judgement of human mentors.
- Overreliance could erode the mentoring dimension of education—encouraging transactional rather than relational interaction.
- Best practice: blend AI mentoring with human oversight and reflection, ensuring transparency and trust.
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