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.
The backlash against screens (and technology in school broadly) is growing, and with good reason. In this episode of Future Fluent, Betsy and Jeremy explore with Dr. Babak Mostaghimi of Learner Studio what it takes to build technology, including AI-based tutors, that bring people together rather than isolating them. The bottom-line question: Learning should help people thrive: How could AI be designed to do that?
Oh, it’s hard to be human these days! Start with reading all about it.
- Babak Mostaghimi is part of the Learner Studio team. The team published a collection of pieces (including one by Betsy!) called “Bringing the Future Into Focus.” And check out Mostaghimi’s piece, “How can AI be used as tool for learning, beyond more efficiency toward current outcomes?”
- Michelle Culver created The Rithm Project, a nonprofit, to “think out loud about what it means to be human–together–in an AI age.” Her substack is here.
- Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education research at the Christensen Institute, has written extensively on the value of networks. Check out this report: Students’ hidden networks: Relationship mapping as a strategy to build asset-based pathways.
- We talked about the work going on at OKO Labs in teaching math. And the work reimagining robots that’s going on at IDEO.
- McKinsey Global has been reporting on the future of work here:“Jobs lost, jobs gained: What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills, and wages.” The World Economic Forum has this set of stories about the role Artificial Intelligence may play in the world here.
- Dan Meyer, who never pulls his punches, put up this challenge in his Substack: “I’d like to see from everyone engaged in this discourse: one (1) stationary video of a full classroom session.” The challenge is on!
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