Future Fluent
Future Fluent
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What changes for us, as writers, as creators, as thinkers – as humans – when there are more AI bots in the world than people? Telling stories about our lives and the world around us is one of the most intimate and powerful practices that we, as humans, have. And even though artificial intelligence has existed in some form for decades, only with the emergence of chatbots has AI become a storytelling machine. So what does AI mean for human literacy? What changes when algorithmic intelligence tells stories about ourselves and our world? Should we let it? And really, who is telling the story–and why? Join Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, the lead learning scientist at Digital Promise, and Betsy Corcoran, a journalist and founder of EdSurge, as they explore with writers, researchers, teachers and even policy makers the potential – both positive and negative – for AI, for literacy, and for us. Please join the conversation here on our LinkedIn page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast delves into themes of AI in storytelling, literacy, and the evolving role of writers and creators, with episodes exploring the influence of AI on human creativity, the ethical implications of algorithmic narratives, and the thoughts of experts like Mike Sharples on the future of AI-assisted writing.
What changes for us, as writers, as creators, as thinkers – as humans – when there are more AI bots in the world than people?
Telling stories about our lives and the world around us is one of the most intimate and powerful practices that we, as humans, have. And even though artificial intelligence has existed in some form for decades, only with the emergence of chatbots has AI become a storytelling machine.
So what does AI mean for human literacy? What changes when algorithmic intelligence tells stories about ourselves and our world? Should we let it? And really, who is telling the story–and why?
Join Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, the lead learning scientist at Digital Promise, and Betsy Corcoran, a journalist and founder of EdSurge, as they explore with writers, researchers, teachers and even policy makers the potential – both positive and negative – for AI, for literacy, and for us.
Please join the conversation here on our LinkedIn page.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We know how to teach people to improve their writing–but it takes a lot of work. In this episode of Future Fluent, Betsy Corcoran and Jeremy Roschelle talk with Peter Gault, the founder of nonprofit Quill, which gives students feedback on 500 million sentences a year. Quill’s been using AI for years and is now sharing its “playbook” on how to build ethically — and effectively — with AI.
Here are hefty but important resources around AI and writing.
- Let’s start with the newest one: In our interview, Peter Gault describes a playbook that Quill.org has just created describing its approach to the ethical development of AI. You can check it out here.
- We also discussed the National Reading Panel’s 449-page report on what works and doesn’t work in literacy. It’s a 25-year old classic and you can get it here. There are a ton of great ideas in this report about how to apply AI to advance student learning.
- Journalist Peg Tyre, a long-time collaborator of Quill, wrote a powerful piece about how to teach writing, “The Writing Revolution,” for The Atlantic in 2012. Check it out here.
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