Tag: misinformation

• Network Effects: Social Media and the Past, Present, and Future of Addictive AI

  

  The rise of AI is intertwined with social media’s massive data collection, addictive algorithms, and Silicon Valley’s influence. With big tech companies dominating AI development, the potential for addictive AI systems and the spread of AI-generated misinformation on social media poses ethical and societal challenges. Collaboration between stakeholders is vital to ensure responsible AI deployment.

  Leon Furze

  August 27, 2024

  AI, Critical Perspectives

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• The AI Iceberg: Understanding ChatGPT

  

  Analogies are useful for understanding complex ideas, and there are plenty of complexities for educators trying to wrap their heads around ChatGPT. In this post, I’ll try to explain some of the features of the chatbot and the model it’s built on top of. I’m deliberately avoiding any kind of analogy that represents the AI…

  Leon Furze

  May 18, 2023

  AI, Digital, education, Pedagogy

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• Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Reinventing English

  

  This is the fifth and final post in the series Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. Check out the other posts in the series: In this series, I’ve explored how teaching writing might change as the adoption of Artificial Intelligence accelerates. Late 2022 was a watershed moment in AI, with ChatGPT pushing generative AI…

  Leon Furze

  February 27, 2023

  AI, AI Writing, assessment, curriculum, writing

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