Artificial Intelligence Education from the Perspective of United Nations Documentation: Realising Global Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

Under the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, education has beenestablished as Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4), but the reality of global education continues to face severe challenges. With the rapid advancement of AI, it has become a crucial tool to enhance the effectiveness of education. By analysing the influence of AI in education, including personalised learning, data-driven precision teaching, and automated assessment, this paper further explores the relationship between AI and sustainable development as described in the publicly released documents by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Ultimately, it proposes a series of strategies to promote the realisation of global sustainable development through AI education, including nurturing global citizens with AI thinking and sustainable development literacy, narrowing the digital divide, constructing an equitable and quality AI education ecosystem, and incorporating ethical principles of sustainable development into AI education. The final conclusion is that AI education plays a pivotal role in advancing global sustainable development goals and that there should be a comprehensive enhance-ment of its importance, with strengthened technological support and ethical norm construc-tion, to make a positive contribution to global sustainable development goals.