Tag: Generative AI
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Google NotebookLM: Key Features and How to use one of Google’s Most Popular AI Products
NotebookLM has quickly become one of Google’s most popular AI products. It outperforms many models – including ChatGPT and Claude – in tasks involving multiple docs and PDFs. This post outlines the key features.
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We Need to Talk About Deepfakes
Deepfakes are a hot topic in the media right now, and understandably so. Advances in different areas of AI technologies have quickly made the comedic lip syncs of 2018’s Barack Obama deepfakes look almost quaint. Everybody now has easy access to tools which can create compelling image, audio, and even video deepfakes with limited technical…
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Flattening the Strata of Digital Texts with Generative Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI technologies like ChatGPT are being treated in education with a mix of awe and fear. On one end of the spectrum, you get wild techno-optimism that AI will somehow revolutionise the education system, democratise creativity, and pretty much do everything except perhaps your laundry. On the other end, there is abject horror at…
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AI Images are Already More Realistic Than You Think
Earlier this week I posted my first ever web game: Real or Fake? It’s a game which, as you can guess from the title, asks you to spot the fake from 10 pairs of images. This article contains spoilers for the game, so if you haven’t played it yet go and do that first! Once…
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Design Refine Create: A Framework for GenAI Curriculum Design
For the past few weeks, I’ve been exploring ways that educators can take back control of generative artificial intelligence. As part of curriculum design, I started with reflections on how I use multimodal generative AI myself when designing my blogs on education and resources. Then, I took a brief side step into EdTech application design…
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More Practical AI Strategies: Designing
Educators continue to grapple with the ethical and practical implications of Generative AI, but it has proven valuable in enhancing teaching methods and student engagement. LLMs like ChatGPT can aid in visualising abstract concepts, refining editing skills, and providing constructive feedback, presenting numerous opportunities for its integration in education.
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Build Your Own AIED Special Sauce ✨ App!
I’m throwing down a challenge to edtech developers to create products that actually enhance teaching and learning, rather than relying on superficial AI “special sauce”. In this post I demonstrate building a simple AI chatbot, showing the ease of development and the need for genuine innovation in education technology. The code for the chatbot, with…
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More Practical Strategies for GenAI in Education: Part 2
Educators continue to grapple with the ethical and practical implications of Generative AI, but it has proven valuable in enhancing teaching methods and student engagement. LLMs like ChatGPT can aid in visualising abstract concepts, refining editing skills, and providing constructive feedback, presenting numerous opportunities for its integration in education.
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Practical AI Strategies Free 4-Week Course: Feedback and FAQ
Just over a month ago I launched a free 4-week email course on Practical AI Strategies for educators. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with over 700 participants completing the first round. Participants commented on the value of the bite-sized lessons and the practical approach, and many provided feedback along the way. In this short…
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AI Metaphors We Live By: The Language of Artificial Intelligence
In “Metaphors We Live By,” Lakoff and Johnson emphasise that metaphors are fundamental to human thought and language, not just decorative language. In this post, I’ve examined my own use of metaphors to describe AI and analysed their implications, highlighting the power and limitations of these metaphors in shaping our understanding of AI and its…