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What does it mean to teach and learn in the age of generative AI? Join host Jeff Young as he talks with educators, tech leaders and students, aiming to cut through the hype and inform a conversation about how education can adapt to AI — and about what kinds of learning need protecting amid the AI gold rush.
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Clay Shirky leads NYU’s AI efforts, and his background is as a media theorist commenting on how tech changes society. During the rise of social media 20 years ago, he was giving TED talks and writing popular books on how digital tech was altering our world.
To his surprise, though, he says th…
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The Gates Foundation recently pledged $1 billion over two years for AI efforts, with a large share going to education. Why the big AI push, even as Bill Gates warns of the technology's possible downsides for society? And what does the foundation see as the most effective uses of AI in education, an…
A new internal report at MIT warns that AI is making learning less social, as more students turn to chatbots rather than classmates when they’re stuck. The report, which is sparking discussion across higher ed and even in some media reports, argues that this esteemed university needs to reboot all …
A look back at the key lessons from Season 1 of this podcast, plus a look at what’s new with AI on campus as a new academic year begins.
A Turning Point in AI Writing, in The Atlantic.
Can ‘Linguistic Fingerprinting’ Guard Against AI Cheating? in EdSurge
MIT lays out vision for navigating AI in …
For this episode we're focusing on how liberal arts colleges are adapting to AI. On a recent day at Carleton College, two very different lunch conversations among faculty reveal the variety of views on whether and how to use AI in teaching. This episode first ran in April.
Thanks to our sponsor, S…
For this episode Jeff connected with Evan Ratliff, who created what he calls “the world’s first AI-led startup” to see what happens when AI agents run a company.
Shell Game podcast, by Evan Ratliff.
"Silicon Valley’s New Obsession: Watching Bots Do Their Grunt Work," in The Wall Street Journal.
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Will AI lead to an arms race of detectors and humanizers, or will it bring on bigger changes in teaching that might make college better?
Related links:
Signs of AI writing, on Wikipedia
“How An AI Detector Made Me Trust People Less,” by Marc Watkins.
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On this episode, Jeff talks with two prominent artists with different takes on AI. One experimental artist sees her students doing new kinds of work thanks to AI, and a celebrated science-fiction author argues AI is sold as a shortcut that takes away human agency and encourages a form of plagiarism…
A series of town halls aimed to explore how AI could be adopted across Baltimore in positive ways. Led by an unusual center at the University of Baltimore, the forum brought together city officials, local business leaders, folks from community organizations, professors, and just curious people in t…
On this episode, Jeff talks to a veteran college enrollment official who is leading an AI experiment at his university, and an admissions consultant who has changed her mind about what she advises applicants about using AI.
Related links:
“Should AI score admissions essays?” by Jeff Young in The …
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