Welcome to episode 283 (“AI Promises and Perils”) of the EdTech Situation Room from February 1, 2023, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer@mastodon.cloud) discussed topics including Internet censorship / content moderation, TikTok bans, “The Tech Correction,” artificial intelligence, free speech, and media literacy. They also shared their thoughts on the impact of technology on education, safety concerns related to installing apps, and the intersection of technology and performance-based assessments. Additionally, they mentioned some news articles, including Indian police detaining students over a banned BBC Modi documentary, a decades-old law obstructing a nationwide TikTok ban, the U.S. Air Force’s plan to install surveillance tools powered by AI technology in Central Command sites, and recent layoffs in the tech industry. The hosts shared their experiences with using AI tools like GPT-3 and discussed the potential implications of AI-generated content for student learning and assessment. They also mentioned some other articles related to AI, including one on the potential of AI to improve the accuracy of cancer diagnoses and another on the risks of bias in AI decision-making. Overall, the podcast offered a thoughtful and informative discussion on the latest trends and issues in the world of technology and education. (AI Disclosure: This show summary was initially created by ChatGPT. The show title was also influenced by ChatGPT queries.) Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com, and compressed to a smaller video version (about 100MB) on AmazonS3 using Handbrake software. Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights (normally) if you can at 9 pm Eastern / 8 pm Central / 7 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links. Stay savvy and safe!
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- Apple should be required to let iPhone users sideload apps, Biden admin says (ArsTechnica, 1 Feb 2023)
- White House goes after app store ‘gatekeepers’ Apple and Google (The Verge; 1 February 2023)
- Smartphone Shipments Are Imploding. Is Apple’s iPhone Next? (CNet, 31 Jan 2023)
- Apple beefs up smartphone services in “silent war” against Google (Ars Technica; 25 January 2023)
- Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens (Windows Central; 20 January 2023)
- AI-powered surveillance sought for US Central Command (Defense News, 31 Jan 2023)
- Gmail creator says ChatGPT might ‘destroy’ Google within 2 years (BGR, 30 Jan 2023)
- The AI Ethics War Will Make the Content Moderation Debate Look Like a Picnic (Observer, 20 Jan 2023)
- Netflix stirs fears by using AI-assisted background art in short anime film (ArsTechnica, 1 Feb 2023)
- OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus at $20 a month (The Verge; 1 February 2023)
- GPT Zero
- Scores of Stanford students used ChatGPT on final exams, survey suggests (Stanford Daily; 22 January 2023)
- ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor (NBC News; 24 Janaury 2023)
- Decades-old law forms biggest obstacle to nationwide TikTok ban, lawmaker says (ArsTechnica, 30 Jan 2023)
- Indian police detain students over BBC’s Modi documentary (Deutsche Welle, 25 Jan 2023)
- When Fox entered the hen house (Robert Reich, 26 Jan 2023)
- Jason’s Geek of the Week: MidJourney
- Wes’ Geeks of the Week: Top Gun: Maverick – Official Trailer IN LEGO – Archive.Today (example) – new podcast: “Wes and Shelly Share”
