Should we even be using chatGPT? Thomas Telving argues that the tech giants "can't just go around launching products into the global market that disrupt something as vital and...
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With ChatGPT, We All Act as Well-Behaved Children of Tech Capitalism
Publicado en OLDaily el 23/01/2023
Can ChatGPT write decent course outlines?
Publicado en OLDaily el 23/01/2023
The chatGPT stories seem to come in waves. Here's another wave, focused mostly on applications. Terry Freedman considers whether AI can write course outlines (...
Leer másOn the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models
Publicado en OLDaily el 23/01/2023
If you want to dive into the details of generative AI technology (and you do, you do) there are some academic papers to look at: Murray Shanahan explains large language models (...
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Here are some more chatGPT and generative AI overviews. We'll begin with this quick intro doc from McKinsey outlining generative AI. Here's a short overview in a PDF for execs. Remember, it's not...
Leer másTwitter Bans Third-Party Apps Without Warning
Publicado en OLDaily el 23/01/2023
Not that we needed it, but this story adds evidence of the danger of depending on a technology platform that someone else owns. Twitter began shutting off API access to clients like Twitterific and Fenix late last week, and according to...
Leer másSix of the biggest myths about online learning
Publicado en OLDaily el 23/01/2023
I want to juxtapose two articles: this article, which I think of as super-introductory, addressing myths about online learning, and Ben Werduller's post on working from home, which makes very clear the case that "forcing in-person work is a sure-fire sign that...
Leer másFaculty are Losing Interest in Adopting OER
Publicado en OLDaily el 23/01/2023
It's hard to reconcile the headline of this post with what I read in the report it cites, specifically, that "The disruptions of recent years have yielded a substantial increase in the use and...
Leer másWhat am I doing here? 1. Credential Engine
Publicado en OLDaily el 20/01/2023
Phil Barker is one of those people who has been quietly doing solid technical work for a very long time. This article describes his role providing consultancy to Credential Engine and his work on the Credential Transparency...
Leer másAn introduction to ChatGPT: uses and what makes it a unique AI chatbot - FutureLearn
Publicado en OLDaily el 20/01/2023
Of course the attention economy is threatened by the Fediverse
Publicado en OLDaily el 20/01/2023
My @Downes account on Twitter attracted peaked at 9700 followers and stayed there (plus or minus 25 or so) for several years (I always wondered what would change when I hit 10,000 but I never found out). My Mastodon followers number one tenth of that. For people who depend on large numbers...
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