As these teachers have come to understand, you don't have to be technically minded to introduce your students to the important concepts behind artificial intelligence.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/12/19
Artificial intelligence education nonprofit Iridescent has received $625,000 in new funding, following a recent $500,000 investment. The group’s purpose is to work with underrepresented youth to help them “to become self-motivated learners inventors, and leaders.”
The University of Montreal and Classcraft are teaming up to research how artificial intelligence plays a role in the classroom setting.
The project will explore the impact of AI-driven learning experiences on student outcomes, including academic growth and social emotional learning.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/29/19
Augmented analytics and “explainable AI” are just two changes to data and analytics technology that should have "significant disruptive potential"over operations in the next three to five years.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/18/19
No, artificial intelligence can't replace the human brain, and no, we'll never really be able to make AI bias-free.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/17/19
Education will experience the third-largest growth of any sector, coming in slightly behind government (44.3 percent) and "personal and consumer services" (43.3 percent).
The innovation "is heading on the path to essentially allowing anyone to be a manufacturer."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/18/19
Artificial intelligence shows promise for education, but only when it comes to supporting teachers with repetitive and predictable tasks.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/28/19
Will artificial intelligence make most people better off over the next decade, or will it redefine what free will means or what a human being is? A new report by the Pew Research Center has weighed in on the topic by conferring with some 979 experts, who have, in summary, predicted that networked AI "will amplify human effectiveness but also threaten human autonomy, agency and capabilities."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/20/18