Pattern Recognition
Don’t worry. The data centers are coming to save us. Continue reading Pattern Recognition
Tag: ai
Shamelessly Sure
It took about 20 years to weaponize the Internet. It took about 10 years to weaponize social media. It took less than 5 years to weaponize artificial intelligence. We have to create curious, critical consumers of information. We have to have students who challenge the things that are presented to them as unquestionable fact. We need a populace who doesn’t just “take their word for it.” Information literacy is not the most important thing schools teach. But it’s right behind reading and writing. Continue reading Shamelessly Sure
A Balanced Approach
It’s not enough for technology to help us do things better. We have to make sure it’s helping us do better things. Continue reading A Balanced Approach
Should We Stop Using AI in School?
Generative artificial intelligence has been with us for a little over three years now. At the time, I called ChatGPT “astonishing” and “revolutionary.” That’s high praise from me. It’s one of the very rare disrupters: it has the potential to change both the why and the what of school. Just like ubiquitous Internet access and Smartphones changed the purpose of school 15 years ago, AI … Continue reading Should We Stop Using AI in School?
AI Literacy
“Has your district implemented any AI literacy materials for staff and/or students?” It’s a reasonable question. I was in a virtual meeting with about 60 other educators earlier this week. We were talking about artificial intelligence, and how schools are working to embrace it, manage it, leverage it, govern it. It’s a working group. We’re trying to figure things out. There are no right answers. … Continue reading AI Literacy
Complacent Innovation
Last month, the Beatles won a Grammy award for best rock performance for their song, “Now and Then.” They had also been nominated for record of the year for the same song. The Beatles last performed together on August 29, 1966, and last recorded together on August 20, 1969. This “new” song is built on a demo recorded by John Lennon in 1977, with some … Continue reading Complacent Innovation
Artificial Words
Technology makes us stupid. I’ve written about this before. The availability of amazing tools that provide knowlege and organization allows us to stay on the ball without remembering anything. My car knows where I’m going and how to get there. My calendar will tell me what I’m doing this weekend. My phone knows how to contact everyone I care about, so I don’t need to … Continue reading Artificial Words
What’s Next?
I was playing with Notebook LM a few weeks ago. This is an AI tool, developed by Google, that is supposed to help people interact with documents and resources. You can give it a bunch of content, and then summarize that content and ask questions about it. It has a cool feature that creates AI-generated audio overviews in a conversational, podcast-like format. So I fed … Continue reading What’s Next?
Not So Fast
I think I’m doing it wrong. Lately, I’ve been using both Google’s Gemini and ChatGPT for my generative AI needs. I recently posed this question to both: Gemini told me I would land in Los Angeles at 6:25 PM local time on July 30. ChatGPT told me I would land in Los Angeles at 6:25 AM on July 31. This is a real scenario, and … Continue reading Not So Fast
Shifting Bias
Twenty years ago, I was in the market for a new car. I wanted a mid-size sedan that was safe, reliable, and had good fuel economy. I gathered data from NHTSA and the EPA and combined it with reviews and reliability assessments from Edmunds, Car & Driver, and other resources. I had a lovely spreadsheet with all of the characteristics I cared about for every … Continue reading Shifting Bias
Detecting AI
On Monday, March 9, 2020, Governor Mike DeWine announced that three cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Ohio. Two days later, he reported that Ohio had four cases. I was confused. Does that mean Ohio now had seven cases, or does the second announcement include the three previously reported? When I figured out that seven was the total, I knew we had a problem. … Continue reading Detecting AI
What Should We Do About AI?
Artificial Intelligence is here. It’s embedded in the tools we use every day. There’s no practical way to block it in schools, and there’s no reliable method for detecting its use. We know our students are going to use it whether we want them to or not, and we know that there are lots of issues around privacy, safety, ethics, and security that we should … Continue reading What Should We Do About AI?
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