Thursday, 29 June 2023

No Artificial Intelligence was Harmed When Writing this Post!

I'm someone who is still teaching at university, after more than 50 years. Currently, teachers are being flooded with information about the potential benefits of AI apps in education. There do seem to be some exciting possibilities. It can save us time and students can be enthused by using it. We are repeatedly warned, however, that AI tools sometimes generate convincing but untrue, output. It's apparently up to the teacher to check veracity, before releasing our material to the students. Will this always be effectively done? Will all teachers be able to distinguish fact from fiction? Apparently, many UK folk over 75, are already having real problems with the brave new digital world (https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2023/jun/29/uk-government-allowing-millions-to-fall-behind-due-to-digital-exclusion). Can we oldies (or anyone else?) really be trusted to pass on AI skills.

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