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Let’s talk about AI …

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Artificial intelligence has been a topic on this site. This is not surprising to people who know a little about me. I started learning about natural language processing and – a little later – about student modeling in 1995, when I began to work at the Centre for Computational Linguistics at UMIST. All three – natural language processing, student modeling , and computational linguistics – are part of artificial intelligence research in their different ways. Over the last many months, I started learning more about generative AI and how it impacts education and especially language education. I have now completed drafts for two book chapters. I have started splitting them into smaller parts and edited them slightly. I hope you will find them interesting. The first part is up. Let me know you think this academic writing is working on a blog.

AI, AI, AI, …

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Hey, Friend,

Zooming in on one topic … A complex topic. Actually … zooming out. Trying to grasp the big picture. At least to get an idea. Artificial intelligence. What do we need to think about when we think about AI?

Let’s make a list. It’s the internet, why not add another list? What am I thinking about when I think about generative artificial intelligence? It already took a few posts to get a little closer to this phenomenon of AI. And I am mostly interested in AI in language education.

  1. This machine is impressive and frightening …
    How does GenAI work? What’s under the hood?
  2. This came out of the blue and all too sudden …
    Where did GenAI come from? Why now? How come it’s so big?
  3. The machine is my servant — the machine is taking over …
    What happens when we use it? How do we interact with it?
  4. I can achieve so much more — the machine is taking my job away …
    What are the long-term effects? And what happens in the short term?
  5. The power of human reason — robot power …
    To what should we pay attention and what can we ignore?

This will take a couple more posts … and some time to think.

Riding the Waves of Transformation

Change is an inevitable part of life. It sweeps through our lives like a powerful gust of wind, uncertain and unpredictable. It is an ever-present …

Riding the Waves of Transformation