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Why does GenAI affect certain occupations more than others?
An article in the Financial Times by Carnegie Mellon University Professors Laurence Ales and Christophe Combemale says Generative AI is different from past automation and requires a shift from what ... -
The danger of Lock Ins
One fear from researcher in educational technology and AI is lock in. It happened before. Companies compete in giving a good deal for applications and services but lack of interoperability ... -
Who uses Generative AI at work?
I picked up this from a blog by Doug Belshaw. It is from a report by Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude.ai. Doug points out that that its not been ... -
Council of Europe roadmap for Responsible AI in Education
This week has seen extensive press coverage of the AI summit held in Paris with attendees from 60 countries. Despite the noise, not much seems to have happened. The summit ... -
Does generative AI lead to decreased critical thinking?
As I have noted before LinkedIn has emerged as the clearing house for exchanging research and commentary of AI in education. And in this forum, the AI skeptics seem to ... -
Adoption and impact
When we talk about education and training we tend to focus on teachers and trainers in vocational schools. But there is a whole other sector known as L&D - Learning ... -
AI, Learning and Pedagogy
In the latest edition of Dr Phil's newsletter, entitled 'The Impact of Gen AI on Human Learning: a research summary' Phil Hardman undertakes a literature review of the most recent ... -
Alternative AI Futures for Lifelong Learning
Last Friday, 24 January, marked the UNESCO International Day of Education. And as part of that, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning hosted a webinar on ‘Lifelong learning in the ... -
DeepSeek: Innovation with Open Source Software
As I write this post, the newspaper headlines are focused on the record decline in value of tech shares, especially chip manufacturer Nvidia, following the release of the Open Source ... -
The Hype and the Reality
Its probably fair to say that the hype around Generative AI far outstrips the reality. Perhaps that is because in the slow process of discovering actual jobs which AI can ...