Should we even be using AI given the negative impact on climate, the environment, on disadvantaged people? Or, as Helgztech put it so delicately: And you’re comfortable with exploiting the labor of those whose work was scraped to create the AI output? The unacknowledged writers and artists? …
despite many generative AI tools being readily accessible, most people don’t know how to apply them to their work. (source) Interesting. Maybe folks don’t want to use AI because it will learn about their work from the questions and context data they train it on. I have found people love AI …
I love the title of this article by Jessica Grose: Every Tech Tool in the Classroom Should Be Ruthlessly Evaluated It makes me think of a gardener ruthlessly pruning roses in a garden, pulling out weeds, making space for growing things. Ok, that’s the extent of my gardening knowledge. …
That tempter of old has crept again into the garden offering forbidden knowledge, knowledge unearned and undeserved, once again. Tony Wan writes a wonderful article on the subject of AI, covering key points we must all remember as we rush to bite the apple from the tree of knowledge, forbidden …
In an upcoming blog entry on evolution attitudes changing, I cite some info from the National Center for Science Education. I ran into the group on Facebook, so I was curious as to whether it was a reputable organization. You might enjoy their Misconception of the Month. Prompt to AI: Is the …
Leonardo da Vinci failed, if he hoped to keep men and women in ships safe: … I do not publish nor divulge [methods of building submarines] by reason of the evil nature of men who would use them as means of destruction at the bottom of the sea, by sending ships to the bottom, and sinking them …
Slack adds AI features… A quick summary via Perplexity recap: Recap Feature: Start your day informed with daily summaries of key channels. AI-Powered Search: Find answers and relevant messages quickly with smart search. Conversation Summaries: Click to catch up on threads—highlights and action …
Worth keeping Ruben Hassid’s assertion below in mind for AI…but what evidence is there he is right? Or wrong? Steam engines freaked out the strong. Printing presses put scribes out of business. Cars replaced horse-drawn carriages. Computers got rid of filing cabinets. Light bulbs switched off gas …
3 Ideas I. “Parental rights in education are essential for fostering a collaborative environment between families and schools, but they must be balanced with the educational standards and the rights of all students to receive a comprehensive education.” II. “The involvement of …
I have relied on Perplexity Pro ($20 or $10 with this referral link) for awhile now, but had not given much thought or exploration time to the image generation features. That is, until today when Dr. Dru Stevenson asked me on Mastodon, “will it generate images?” The answer, as you can …
Doug Johnson introduced me to a new quote from Christopher Hitchens. I’d first run into Hitchen’s Razor, which goes like this: What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. That’s a great quote and one of the first that went into my notebook on …
Paying for college as I approach retirement isn’t something I hoped for, but it is something that became necessary. I always knew I would be paying for, or assisting my children, in paying for college. Not earning a degree has never been an option. In fact, I always encouraged my children to …
“A survey of senior biz executives reveals that 41 percent expect to have a smaller workforce in five years due to the implementation of AI technologies.” via The Register
…use of ChatGPT was likely to develop tendencies for procrastination and memory loss and dampen the students’ academic performance. Finally, academic workload, time pressure, and sensitivity to rewards had indirect effects on students’ outcomes through ChatGPT usage. Read more
Are you licensed to carry? I often reflect that it’s better to stay home and not go out given the Wild West scenario. But you know what? The Wild West wasn’t this crazy. Schoolhouses were respected. After Sandy Hook, and several other school shootings, it became evident that …
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Anyone who watched a teacher work through the pandemic, facilitating remote learning, knows how important teacher-student relationships are. There are people out there, though, who think kids are being indoctrinated at school. Unfortunately, some see SEL as a problem: “What’s clear is that there is …
Watching news on television, reading articles about how the melting polar ice caps are changing the Earth’s mass enough to affect how our clocks, I have to admit, it’s a bit much. It almost makes you wish for a checklist, right? Heatwave Increased hurricanes Forced human migration …
Here’s a 3-2-1 on book bans in libraries, which National Public Radio (NPR) reported as increasing in 2023. Photo by Slav Romanov on Unsplash The American Library Association reported that: The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the …
Problem I was a few days ago old when I discovered my smart health tracker also keeps tabs on my location and movements, available to the police. Well, at least I think that it does based on my viewing of the latest CSI: Las Vegas (cue music). Photo by Dushawn Jovic on Unsplash Everyone I know is …
Need something to read? Check out this book, Computational Thinking Education in K-12: Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Physical Computing: A guide to computational thinking education, with a focus on artificial intelligence literacy and the integration of computing and physical objects. Get …
I found myself scratching my head over this article. Something about it rubbed me wrong. Then I realized what it was. The arguments made for AI are the same as the ones made for XYZ edtech back in the day of Apple //e and Macintosh LC II computers, word processors, and databases, etc. In essence, …
One of my favorite emails is what I get from James Clear. I like the 3-2-1 format. That said, it seems pretty formulaic and a matter of research. So, what tool do you know can do research and formulas? Exactly. 🤣 The following is AI-generated. 🤯 Topic: AI in Education 3 Ideas I. “AI in …
I stumbled on a selection of writing earlier today. It had appeared in an online publication that made poor use of it. I ran it through AI and realized, “Wow, this is like uncovering a long buried treasure, cleaning off the grime and seeing it for what it truly is, without layers of interpretation …
We’re coming up on a ton of political campaigns, and it was those that spurred me to take a look again at SIFT, which others have mentioned, but I had only briefly explored. After studying up on it, I realized how valuable it can be for the classroom as a tool for critical thinking. Photo by …