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Colleagues from BU, Imperial College and other institutions will be presenting at this one day conference at the Hilton Hotel in Bournemouth on Friday 15th November. Come along to explore AI strategies, connect with experts and contribute to shaping the future of education. Click on the image to view full details of the event… Read more » about Digital Education and AI in the 21st Century
You may be familiar with the University of Kent Digitally Enhanced Education webinars which have been running since lockdown. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on HE is still dominating conversations, so colleagues might be interested to know that the next event in the webinar series will follow the theme ‘Teaching with ChatGPT: Examples of… Read more » about Teaching with ChatGPT – Digitally Enhanced Education webinar
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on HE has been dominating conversations since the launch of ChatGPT developed by OpenAI in November 2022. There are concerns over the generation of misinformation and bias, the threats it poses to academic integrity, as well as ideas for opportunities to engage with the tool. One thing everyone seems… Read more » about Artificial Intelligence apps and teaching and learning
An interesting article from Techopedia on the persistent problem of bias in AI. Why are gendered stereotypes manifested in the female identities associated with AI assistants? Why is there a systemic gender gap in technology roles in general, and in AI in particular? A recent UNESCO report warns how, if men continue to dominate this… Read more » about Women in AI: Reinforcing Sexism and Stereotypes with Tech
Josie Cluer on WONKHE highlights five technologies we can expect to see being used routinely across the sector in the near future; promising a better student experience, cheaper services, better use of academic time and better learning outcomes. Read the article here.
Estonia has been adopting AI (Artificial intelligence) for many applications; algorithms assessing satellite images and determining when fields need cutting, matching the skills of unemployed workers with employers and, in their latest ambitious project, an AI judge to adjudicate small claims disputes. This may be the first attempt to give an algorithm decision-making authority in… Read more » about Can AI be a fair judge in court?
Research productivity—the number of researchers it takes to produce a given result—is declining annually. Could AI make research faster and more productive, reviving areas that have become too expensive for businesses to pursue? This MIT Technology Review article looks at the way AI is reinventing the way we invent, the predictions for machine learning and… Read more » about The biggest impact of artificial intelligence? helping humans make discoveries we couldn’t make on our own
Futurist Bernard Marr is predicting more hype around AI in 2019 as businesses and society increasingly realise its benefits and look to adopt it. AI will become more pervasive as it becomes a more trusted technology and will initially create more jobs than it replaces. Read the full article here.
Following on from my discussion of domestic virtual assistants, I wanted to know more about how they worked in practice. I already have the Google Mini home and it is currently quite limited. It is linked to the Google Home Assistant which is basically your Google account, so it should link to all your Google… Read more » about Getting to Know Alexa
AI (Artificial Intelligence) holds much promise for the future in automating many parts of our lives and integrating our own personal data with what’s relevant to us on the worldwide web. Step forward the Big 4 market leaders in this field, all vying for a foothold in this market. Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, Google Home… Read more » about The Not So Fab 4 Quite Yet of AI Digital Personal Assistants
