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Ed-TechnicalMimicry versus meaning: why context is important for AI toolsAnother live Ed-Technical episode! In this short, Owen does a deep dive on AI and discourse analysis (the study of how meaning is constructed through language) with three experts. The conversation explores the intersection between AI, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), and the study of discourse. This is a topical conversation as LLM capabilities continue to evolve. LLMs have mastered sentence level communication. However we know less about their ability to be useful over the course of a full conversation and complex and interactive processes (like learning) that require deeper appreciation of context. Featuring:Pa...2025-03-2622 min
No Stupid Questions202. Why Can’t We Tolerate Discomfort?Are we using technology to make ourselves numb? What’s the downside of air conditioning? And was Angela the most annoying person in her college classes? SOURCES:Paul Bloom, professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.Ed Diener, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois.Michael Easter, author.Alex Hutchinson, journalist.Shigehiro Oishi, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.Taylor Swift, singer-songwriter. RESOURCES:"World Happiness Report," (Gallup, 2024)."How Painful Should Your Workout Be?" by Alex Hutchinson (The New York Times, 2022)."Taylor Swift’s NYU Commencement Speech: Read the Full Transcript," by Hannah...2024-06-3040 min
Department of Education Public SeminarsLearning with Conversational Agents that Launch Multiple Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Learning ResourcesProfessor Art Graesser, Psychology and the Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis, gives a talk for the public seminar series hosted by OUCEA, Department of Education.2017-11-3042 min