Journalist | Host, Learning Curve podcast on AI in education | Author, Jagged Intelligence newsletter | Articles and talks at https://teapawt.net/t.co/jfwHX8EMuw
St Paul, MN
Joined May 2007
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Honored to be featured in Podnews today for the Season 2 kickoff of Learning Curve podcast.
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These days Silicon Valley folks say they are building a "machine God," and people now turn to AI like oracles. So what can we learn from the Oracle of Delphi, which leaders turned to for 1,000 years?
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NYU, like most colleges, pays for an AI tool for its students. But only a tiny fraction use the licensed version, as most fear admins will track their usage. I talked w/ Clay Shirky for Learning Curve podcast about how the university is trying to adapt. learningcurve.fm/episodes/ho…
Why is the Gates Foundation betting on AI in education even as Bill Gates warns of the societal dangers of the technology.
Check out the latest Learning Curve podcast to hear me ask a key Gates Foundation official:
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AI threatens to erode another key aspect of higher ed — teaching students the habits of civic engagement that make democracy work.
As students use ChatGPT for discussion posts and routinely consult bots, will they lose ability to build communities?
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I'm excited to be in DC this week for QS Global Skills Week, learning about the future of education and work (naturally I'm curious about how AI is playing a role).
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What if most of your co-workers were AI agents? Or your boss?
How should colleges help students prepare for an AI work world?
The latest episode of Learning Curve podcast features Evan Ratliff from Shell Game.
One answer: Take a philosophy class.
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Should educators emphasize memorization as an antidote to the rush of AI tools?
A growing number of experts are making that case. Check out the latest episode of Learning Curve, which features a 6-time US memory champion and an expert on how to learn
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Should educators emphasize memorization as an antidote to the rush of #AI tools?
A small but growing number of experts are making that case. The latest episode of Learning Curve features a 6-time US memory champion and an expert on how to learn.
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Student journalists at the U of Minnesota are donning bullet-proof vests and gas masks and attending trainings designed for war correspondents to cover the ICE surge. Their prof worries AI-doctored images make it harder to sort real from misinformation.
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Australia recently passed a law banning kids under 16 from using social media. Will similar laws come to the U.S.?
And should age restrictions be placed on new generative AI tools as well?
We dive in on the latest Learning Curve podcast: learningcurve.fm/episodes/is…
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What guardrails should AI companies build to protect learning?
I talked w/ @AnnaRMills for the latest Learning Curve podcast about her argument that agentic AI browsers offer a clear case of how AI & edtech companies can help protect learning.
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Even hands-on trades are getting infused with AI, and in some surprising ways. That's what I learned when I visited an auto tech class experimenting with the technology.
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Editors of the student newspaper at Notre Dame are calling on college leaders to revamp all assignments in required courses to make it so AI can't easily be used to complete them. It's essentially a call by students to make them work harder and learn more: learningcurve.fm/episodes/ca…
If a critical mass of instructors enter their lecture notes into AI tools to save a few minutes making their slides, is that giving away the store as far as their intellectual property? Are companies like Gamma amassing valuable sets of lecture notes?
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Ep 2 of Learning Curve just dropped! This one looks at a new model for teaching with AI proposed by Paul LeBlanc, former president of SNHU, plus some reaction from teaching expert Maha Bali. Can AI bots be part of teaching w/o cutting off human connection?
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I'm starting a podcast!
I'm diving deep into how education can adapt to AI -- exploring what it means to teach and learn in the age of chatbots.
Listen to a trailer at learningcurve.fm and follow now. First episode drops this week.
Turns out profs are particularly prone to deepfake attacks because they often have samples of their image and voice on online lecture videos or YouTube videos of them giving talks. (This is one of those reports that requires entering an email to download)
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