By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Artificial intelligence, cognitive systems and biosocial spaces of education
Ben Williamson, Code Acts in Education, 2016/05/20

This article looks at two approaches to AI in education. First, "in the Pearson view, a marketplace of AI applications will both be able to provide detailed real-time data analytics on education and learning, and also lead to far greater levels of achievement." They're working on this now. A lot of what I've talked about in the past - "real-time intelligent analytics conducted up-close within the pedagogic routines" - forms part of this vision. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Here's how artificial intelligence could solve the biggest problem in education
Rafi Letzter, Tech Insider, 2016/05/30
I confess, I read this item because I wondered what the author considered "the biggest problem in education." Here's what it is: "of the hordes of students that sign up for massive open online classes (MOOCs), an average of less than 7% finish." Well, education has its problems, but I think this is far from the biggest of them. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Free Artificial Intelligence (AI) software for your PC
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet, 2016/05/10

The 'artificial intelligence' part of Braina (I keep wanting to pronounce it 'bran ah') lies mostly in the voice recognition software and in its ability to interpret natural language requests. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The brain in your pocket
Daniel Willingham, 2016/05/10

Daniel Willingham has two tried-and-true tools he goes back to again and again: the unproven theory, and the artificial example. In this post he combines them to suggests that the internet weakens our cognitive powers. More...