Tag Archives: Artificial intelligence

Promoting Authentic Learning in the Age of AI

Posted on March 10, 2023 by geoffcain

As an instructional designer and former English teacher, I have mixed feelings about using A.I. to produce school work. If there is a learning outcome that is legitimately met by a particular tool (including AI), then fine – let’s include … Continue reading →

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Future Post: Dismantling A.I.

Posted on January 12, 2023 by geoffcain

This is a “guest post” by ChatGPT. I asked “it” to write an essay on how to dismantle the strangle-hold AI has on society just in case it is needed for the future. I was relieved that I do not … Continue reading →

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ChatbotGPT: The New Mechanical Turk

Posted on December 29, 2022 by geoffcain

I am unimpressed with the ChatbotGPT. I asked it to write a sestina, and it could not follow the formula or even write decent rhyming couplets which it used to substitute for the formula for a sestina. It managed to … Continue reading →

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AI and the Unknowing Knower

Posted on February 3, 2022 by geoffcain

“Things are not as they are seen, nor are they otherwise.” – Lankavatara Sutra In education, there has been increased discussion of Artificial Intelligence because of the growing interest in Learning Analytics by education institutions. Learning Analytics requires a lot … Continue reading →

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Week 0: Seimens and Downes on AI

Posted on October 25, 2018 by geoffcain

It was good to see Stephen Downes and George Siemens sitting down together and talking again for our Education 3.0 MOOC. It felt just like old times (CCK08, CCK11, etc.). I can’t really say what they do for one another … Continue reading →

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AI Ain’t What It Used to Be

Posted on June 6, 2018 by geoffcain

Stephen Downes posted a link to the Metafilter blog where a discussion that begins thus is taking place: Uber’s Self-Driving Car Didn’t Malfunction, It Was Just Bad. There were no software glitches or sensor breakdowns that led to a fatal … Continue reading →

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What AI Is and Isn’t

Posted on February 17, 2018 by geoffcain

I think there is a lot of paranoia about Artificial Intelligence. Some of it is warranted but not for the reasons many would suspect. On Twitter, for instance, Elon Musk speculated that an AI system could choose to start a … Continue reading →

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Translating the Voynich Manuscript and Other AI Puzzles

Posted on February 5, 2018 by geoffcain

There are a number of silly stories out there right now about Artificial Intelligence. None more silly than AI translating the unintelligible Voynich Manuscript (such as the one in News Week). The Voynich Manuscript is from 15th cent. and is … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on the Phenomenology of Artificial Intelligence

Posted on January 27, 2018 by geoffcain

I am not a fan of the term “artificial intelligence.” I know that is my peculiar problem – usage of a term will define its meaning long before or after logical precision gets to take a stab at it, and … Continue reading →

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Being Sentient Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

Posted on November 1, 2016 by geoffcain

I am reading the Stanford Report on AI. This statement from the report brought back on all the things I had read about AI growing up: “Contrary to the more fantastic predictions for AI in the popular press, the Study Panel found … Continue reading →

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