Reflections on the Personal Use of AI Technology

How I Use AI and 
My Reflection on the Use of AI

Introduction

As a master's student majoring in education, I am highly qualified to utilize AI to assist in learning, research and writing. Here are three methods that I commonly employ for using AI.

How I use AI

1. Knowledge organization and comprehension

I will use AI to summarize the content of textbooks or courses, helping me extract key points. It can quickly grasp the core content from articles, books, papers, and materials. For example, please summarize the core viewpoints of this text in three sentences. What are the research purposes, methods, and conclusions of this article? This can greatly improve learning efficiency. At the same time, for theories, concepts, and terms that are not understood, you can ask AI for accurate and detailed answers at any time.

2. Reading assistance

I can input English papers or books into AI to help me translate and summarize, and quickly understand long and difficult sentences. During reading, I can also actively ask it questions: Why did the author say this? Are there any studies that oppose this viewpoint? What is the educational principle behind this statement? This helps me train critical thinking instead of "passive reading" (Wang, 2023) .

3. Writing and improvement

When drafting a thesis, I will use AI to help me draft the title, such as providing five possible thesis titles and explaining the research focus of each title. At the same time, it can expand keywords, research objects, and research methods, identify research gaps and value. Then, it generates an outline, including introduction, literature review, research design, data analysis, and conclusion. Finally, it improves the language, such as helping me enhance academic expression, retaining the original meaning, and asking it: Are there any logical repetitions or unclear sentence structures in this text? AI can also help unify terms, check subject-verb agreement, and delete redundant expressions (Sterling, 2025) .

Reflection

What value has AI added?

1. Personalized Learning Experience

AI can provide customized learning suggestions and resources based on learners' interests, proficiency levels and learning paces. For instance, it can push suitable learning contents for students with different foundations, or explain complex educational theories in personalized language according to learners' comprehension styles. 

2. Intelligent-assisted learning methods

AI can guide the construction of the framework of a thesis during the writing process and enhance the quality of language expression; generate mind maps or review cards during memory and review; act as an intelligent tutor that provides "prompt answers" during the learning process, thereby enhancing the interactivity and timely feedback of learning. 

3. Promotion of Critical Thinking

Although AI can provide answers, what is more important is that it can serve as a tool for training critical thinking skills. By questioning, comparing and refuting the content generated by AI, learners can actively construct knowledge. Meanwhile, having AI simulate the perspectives of different schools of thought can help develop diverse understanding and deep thinking abilities (Suriano, 2025) .

During the past year, my study and application of AI have led me to deeply understand that AI is not to replace learning but to enhance your learning ability, enabling you to learn faster, deeper and more flexibly. 

AI Declaration

This blog was assisted in its completion by AI. The basic functions and operational characteristics of AI were summarized using ChatGPT, including image generation. However, the logical viewpoints and text editing were done by myself, which can ensure the academic originality and integrity.

References

Sterling, L., Ye, C., Ying, H. & Chen, Z. (2025) ‘Finding Your Voice: Using Generative AI to Help International Students Improve Their Writing’, Information (Basel), 16(4), p. 289.

Suriano, R., Plebe, A., Acciai, A. & Fabio, R.A. (2025) ‘Student interaction with ChatGPT can promote complex critical thinking skills’, Learning and instruction, 95p. 102011.

Wang, T., Lund, B.D., Marengo, A., Pagano, A., Mannuru, N.R., Teel, Z.A. & Pange, J. (2023) ‘Exploring the Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on International Students in Higher Education: Generative AI, Chatbots, Analytics, and International Student Success’, Applied sciences, 13(11), p. 6716.