2024 (@2024@leonfurze.com)
How Artificial Intelligence Can Catch Up With Pedagogy
I'm calling bullshit on the idea that pedagogy needs to catch up with AI. As an educator who uses AI, I know firsthand its profound limitations. Technologists' view of education is condescending and contemptuous. AI companies need to spend time in classrooms and update themselves on modern pedagogy.https://leonfurze.com/2024/06/12/how-artificial-intelligence-can-catch-up-with-pedaogy/
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Ethics, assessment, and the (near) future of Generative AI
This post provides an update on the AISNSW ICT Management and Leadership conference, including discussions and presentations on various topics related to technology in education. Day one focused on AI ethics and its implications, day two on AI in assessments, and day three featured a closing keynote on the future of generative AI. The post stresses the need for ethical considerations and the potential for AI to enhance learning.https://leonfurze.com/2024/06/05/ethics-assessment-and-the-near-future-of-generative-ai/
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Generative AI might finally kill off homework, and it’s about time
I've taught across a range of subjects and year levels for over fifteen years, and I've always been a bit dismissive when it comes to homework. It probably goes back to my own days as a student, when I did everything in my power to avoid doing work outside of school. Back then, I surreptitiously finished my homework in other classes (finishing my Maths in English, my English in Art, and my Art while sitting out PE because I'd "forgotten my shorts" again). But if I were a student now, I'd […]https://leonfurze.com/2024/05/29/generative-ai-might-finally-kill-off-homework-and-its-about-time/
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Critic, creator, consumer: A framework for using (or being used by) GenAI
In the past 18 months, multimodal generative AI has become increasingly ubiquitous, influencing the way many create and interact with content across various domains, including text, image, audio, and video. While generative AI doesn't "democratise creativity", it will impact upon many creative and academic areas. As these technologies continue to advance and permeate our daily lives, it is important to develop frameworks that help us understand how people engage with and are affected by […]
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2024 (@2024@leonfurze.com)
Good ideas: When to use GenAI for brainstorming
Applying Generative AI like ChatGPT and Copilot to brainstorming is one of the most touted uses, and there are plenty of situations where the technology is well-suited to idea generation. At the same time, it's not always a great idea to offload the creative process to GenAI. In this post, I'll explore a few different ways to use AI for idea generation, and also suggest when it might be best to do things the old fashioned way. Why might it be better to avoid AI? If you're in a social media […]https://leonfurze.com/2024/04/25/good-ideas-when-to-use-genai-for-brainstorming/
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Perché l'Intelligenza Artificiale non è intelligente https://www.staipa.it/blog/perche-lintelligenza-artificiale-non-e-intelligente/?feed_id=1452&_unique_id=6628e31fd6cb5
C'è un'aura di mito e di mistero attorno all'idea di Intelligenza Artificiale, in parte dovuta all'ovvia ignoranza tecnologica ma in larga parte dovuta al marketing aggressivo di chi la sviluppa o agli allarmism...
#ChatGPT #FakeNews #IA #informatica #IntelligenzaArtificiale #SicurezzaInformatica #UsoConsapevoleDelleTecnologie
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OpenAI、アジア初の海外オフィス「OpenAI Japan」を開設し初の日本語に特化したGPT-4カスタムモデルを公開
OpenAIは海外進出を強めており、アジア展開の足がかりとして、日本に新たな子会社「OpenAI Japan」合同会社を設立し、東京にオフィスを開設したことを発表した。このOpenAI Japanの代表には、元アマゾン ウェブ サービス […]
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Coming soon: Practical AI Strategies Online Course
Practical AI Strategies was released in January and has received great reviews from educators in Australia, the US, UK, Europe, South East Asia, and across the world. Over the past couple of months, I have been working on an online course to accompany the book, and it is almost ready to launch. In this post, I'll be showing a few of the elements of the course. I'd also like to thank the team of testers - all from K-12 and Higher Education - who have been diligently providing feedback […]https://leonfurze.com/2024/04/04/coming-soon-practical-ai-strategies-online-course/
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The AI Assessment Scale: Update and Pilot Study
Before you read on: We have updated the AI Assessment Scale and are now focusing our attention on Version 2. However, we understand that many schools and universities around the world have done great things with the original AI Assessment Scale and we continue to support V1. Make sure to check out both versions to decide which is best for you! Last year, I co-authored a paper with Dr Mike Perkins, Dr Jasper Roe, and Associate Professor Jason MacVaugh in which we proposed the AI Assessment […]https://leonfurze.com/2024/03/27/the-ai-assessment-scale-update-and-pilot-study/
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Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Workload: Can AI Actually Save Educators Time?
Across Australia and internationally, Departments of Education, School Associations, and individual schools and teachers are asking the same question of generative AI: can it solve the teacher workload problem? Over the last 18 months, I've seen literally hundreds of ideas discussing how AI can assist with everything from administrative tasks to classroom activities, communications with parents and community, and everything in between. Unfortunately, much of this advice has come from outside […]
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2024 (@2024@leonfurze.com)
Goodbye, Google Chrome: Replacing My Mobile Browser for 30 Days with GenAI
Just over a month ago, for reasons I can't quite remember, I decided to try out a little experiment. I know it stemmed from that vague sense of frustration that Cal Newport claims most (tech) writers suffer at some point: the feeling of being thoroughly, pointlessly addicted to technology. Like pretty much everyone I know, I spend way too much time using my phone. Between attention-seeking social media notifications, emails, and the near-constant urge to Google totally useless information, […]
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Teaching AI Writing: Publication
This is the sixth and final post in a series exploring how generative artificial intelligence can be applied to the writing cycle from our book Practical Writing Strategies. If you haven't already read them, check out the first five posts on purpose, exploration, ideas, skills, and collaboration. Throughout this series, I have tried to demonstrate that generative artificial intelligence can be used as part of a writing process in ways that don't supplant the writer's ideas or creativity and […]https://leonfurze.com/2024/03/11/teaching-ai-writing-publication/
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