Wikipedia’s bot army - shows us the way in governance of AI
Donald Clark, Donald Clark Plan B, 2018/08/29
This was something I didn't know about. " There are nearly 3000 bot tasks identified for use in Wikipedia. So many that there is a Bots Approval Group (BAG) with a Bot Policy that covers all of these, whether fully or partially automated, helping humans with editorial tasks." Donald Clark reviews some of the policies that are in place and the governance system that maintains them. More...

32 Ways AI is Improving Education
Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart, 2018/08/10
I would have called this "32 applications of AI in education" or "32 education AI use cases" but I guess those aren't the headlines that get the clicks. More...

A small team of student AI coders beats Google’s machine-learning code
Will Knight, MIT Technology Review, 2018/08/10
I think that the interesting object lesson to be learned here is that when we consider whether AI will replace humans, we can't just consider humans working as individuals, but we also have to consider humans working cooperatively. Indeed, much of what we can do even as individuals depends on a history of cooperative effort. More...

Why we need to think differently about AI
Mike Loukides, O'Reilly, 2018/08/08
"In many respects AI seems to be stalled," writes Mike Loukides. "What seems no closer than it was a decade ago, would be steps in the direction of general intelligence or creativity." But why? Loukides suggests that the answer may be found in computer science's focus on abstraction. More...

The neuroscience of intelligence: Empirical support for the theory of multiple intelligences?
C. Branton Shearer, Jessica M. Karanian, Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 2018/08/09

I ran across this today while looking for something else; it is an uncorrected proof of a paywalled article based on a review of 318 functional neuroimaging based research papers. More...

Techno-News Blog. From automating the scheduling process to streamlining the admissions process, AI has great potential in higher ed. In light of the fact that only 59 percent of students who begin pursuing a four-year degree at a higher-ed institution graduate within six years, many in the industry are seeking innovative ways to improve student outcomes. More...

Techno-News Blog. Artificial intelligence could have a profound impact on learning, but it also raises key questions. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are no longer fantastical prospects seen only in science fiction. More...