QUADRIVIUM I: Personalized Learning with AI
VWBPE 2024 Quadrivium
Presented: March 14, 2024
Facilitator: John O'Connor
Assistant: Elektra Panthar
AI is a disruptive technology which is causing both trepidation and excitement among educators. Much debate focuses on cheating, plagiarism and the potential for copyright violations. AI can also be used to assist an educator in creating personalized learning experiences. Students bring with them a variety of skills, strategies, and modalities for learning that can be intimidating for educators who cannot personalize for every student. This discussion will focus on the ways in which artificial intelligence like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude and others could be leveraged to create multiple personalized learning opportunities that can still target the same learning objective.
1. Are we day-dreaming our way to the future? (2023)
In this paper John O’Connor explores the transformative impact of technology on society connecting technological advancements with environmental challenges. Philosophical perspectives on AI and VR prompt questions about their impact on human experience. The paper proposes an educational shift to cultivate human attributes alongside technological skills.
2. Is reality real? These neuroscientists don’t think so.
If ‘reality’ is not objective how can we expect AI to be objective? If AI develops consciousness which is subjective where does that leave humanity? A range of scientific views are presented in this video.
3. Intro to Large Language Models. (2023)
This is a 1 hour general-audience introduction to Large Language Models by Andrej Karpathy: the core technical component behind systems like ChatGPT, Claude, and Bard. What they are, where they are headed, comparisons and analogies to present-day operating systems, and some of the security-related challenges of this new computing paradigm.
4. What's the future for generative AI? (2023)
Mike Wooldridge presents the current state of AI and suggests the likely future for this technology in the Royal Institution lecture for the Alan Turing Series.
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Tags: AI, chatgpt, Google Gemini
