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Data shows that 88% of university administrators agree their institution must invest in analytics to stay competitive. Yet only 40% say they can effectively act on their data. The gap isn’t about technology or talent. It’s about who can actually get to the data when they need it. So, how to fix that? This article […]
Tracker of attitudes towards artificial intelligence also finds almost half of the public would prefer to avoid itOne in three university students think AI will wipe out jobs so rapidly it will trigger civil unrest, according to a survey by King’s College London (KCL).Students are among the heaviest users of AI, the poll found, with
Pity poor Princeton. The ultra-elite university has a mere $38 billion in endowment money. Many of its dorms lack air conditioning. And it’s in New Jersey. I kid about New Jersey, of course. Despite not being allowed to pump one’s own gas there, the “Garden State” grew on me during three years spent in the
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The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into wordsI have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start of
Richard Dawkins and chatbots | LLM meaning | Flattery battery | Dancing in PE | Maths breakthroughThe otherwise admirable Richard Dawkins should adjust the local settings of the chatbot or tell it to be less obsequious (Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it, 6 May). Such bots are initially geared
No flattery please, Claude: I’m British | Brief letters Read More »
This post contains a list of the AI-related seminars that are scheduled to take place between 5 May and 30 June 2026. All events detailed here are free and open for anyone to attend virtually. 5 May 2026 Perspectives after the MUSAiC Project Speaker: Bob L. T. Sturm (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Organised by:
Forthcoming machine learning and AI seminars: May 2026 edition Read More »
A study that claimed OpenAI’s ChatGPT can positively impact student learning has been retracted nearly one year after publication. The journal publisher, Springer Nature, cited “discrepancies” in the analysis and a lack of confidence in the conclusions—but not before the paper racked up hundreds of citations and made the rounds on social media. “The paper’s
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags Read More »
Readers respond to an editorial on difficulties with replicability of results in social science researchYour editorial on social science research (15 April) highlights the poor replicability of results, and the misuse of this by some to dismiss all social science. As was indicated, in a field as complex as human behaviour, poor replicability can be
The social sciences need tools for the 21st century | Letters Read More »
I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attackBy Peter C Baker. Read by Adam Sims Continue reading…
Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI – podcast Read More »
Being authentic or relatable shouldn’t mean being inarticulate.
Eloquence Has Grown Passé. Let’s Bring it Back into Fashion. Read More »
