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What if the Sky Isn’t Falling…but Something Worse is Going On?

June 12, 2023 Gary Natriello 0

The Covid 19 pandemic was not great for most business, but in the wake of the pandemic school closings a small industry of educational researchers has made headlines warning about “pandemic learning loss.” In contrast, […]

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Wake Up – Big Tech, Big Government, AI, Surveillance

June 12, 2023 Gary Natriello 0

It is difficult to get honest insight into the prospects and perils of AI, and those closest to the growing AI industry have much to gain or lose by its development and the regulatory environments […]

Tools, Tools, and More Tools

March 1, 2023 Gary Natriello 0

With the growing interest in AI tools spurred by the release of ChatGPT, a large number of specialized AI tools have come into public view. These tools offer assistance in a wide range of areas […]

Banana Cookies

February 8, 2023 Gary Natriello 0

Banana Cookies

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Reconfiguring Learning Opportunities: College Credit through YouTube Videos

February 5, 2023 Gary Natriello 0

A new example of the continuing reconfiguration of learning opportunities in the post-industrial era was recently highlighted in Mashable. YouTube has announced a new program with Arizona State University that allows students to use YouTube […]

Advances in Cheating

January 17, 2023 Gary Natriello 0

As if the world needs more superficial compilations of existing information regardless of the authenticity of sources, behold ChatGPT, the AI Chat-bot that is creating a stir and capturing the attention of millions as well […]

Working Smarter Is More than Technique

January 10, 2023 Gary Natriello 0

With the growing interest in careers in data science and programming for handling data at large scale, it is worth reflecting on ways to be more effective that take us beyond the application of the […]

A Tool for Transcription

November 10, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in The Verge, Mitchell Clark discusses his experience using OpenAI’s open source neural network to transcribe voice to text. Clark considers the prospects for using the application, called Whisper, for transcribing interviews conducted by […]

Research Ethics at LinkedIn

November 6, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Data scientists at LinkedIn conducted research on members to examine the impact of strong ties and weak ties in the first large scale, longitudinal study of its kind. The study, reported in Science, has raised […]

The Great Rewiring

November 3, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in Big Think, Ross Pomeroy calls attention to an article from Psychophysiology in which the authors review articles related to the connections in the human brain and how those connections change with age. The […]