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The Noise About AI Bias
AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey

The Noise About AI Bias

The conversation about AI bias needs to become more nuanced and actionable. A better awareness requires understanding: that ethical bias and math bias aren't the same thing, and AI works through math; that many AI errors aren't due to (math) bias, but rather to another error type, noise; and that bias and noise have different solutions, including ones available to AI users.

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AI Literacy is the Art of Synergizing Intuitions
AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey

AI Literacy is the Art of Synergizing Intuitions

"Funny that it takes something artificial to force us to understand humanness." AI literacy is a dance between two intuitive 'creatures', helped only by the small, conscious piece of our brain. Lasting AI literacy skill is really about understanding our own minds and relating that to our artificial partners.

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‘Wisdom Skills’ Are Hard to Teach—AI Can Help
AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey

‘Wisdom Skills’ Are Hard to Teach—AI Can Help

This Inside Higher Ed opinion article deals with the strategic reality that durable skills must be the highest priority in the AI era (for all education levels), that school paradigms are mismatched to that priority, and that game-based experiential learning, turbo-charged with AI, should be a key transformation tool.

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It’s More Complicated Than “AI Won’t Replace Teachers”
AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey

It’s More Complicated Than “AI Won’t Replace Teachers”

The mantra is "AI won't replace teachers", but is that really true? AI could fill in for gaps in teacher availability, allow underused pedagogies, adapt quickly when instructors are too slow to learn new topics, and potentially shift paradigms of entire educational systems. Whether those impacts result in fewer teachers is a function of complex factors and societal choices.

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AI Does Know More Than It’s Taught
AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey

AI Does Know More Than It’s Taught

There is a branch of AI chatbot misinformation that says it just parrots people, or that it doesn't 'know' anything. This is usually followed by an attempt to diminish AI's potential impact. Yet for years AI researchers have known that it figures out stuff it wasn't explicitly taught to do. The truth is more nuanced, and quite mysterious.

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The Premortem of AI-Induced Educational Change
AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey

The Premortem of AI-Induced Educational Change

It's easy to get mentally stuck, individually and collectively. But what if we adopt a different perspective?

In this article, I leverage the premortem technique that assumes future failure and asks why it happened. From that vantage point, I see two big issues that should affect how educators think about AI right now.

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Newsletter: Overcoming Change Resistance
AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey AI, Education, HR Timothy Dasey

Newsletter: Overcoming Change Resistance

Newsletter: Overcoming Change Resistance

  • Article - The AI Debates Reveal an Education Community Echo Chamber

  • Video series - Managing the Stages of AI Grief

  • Commentary - Change Resistance in Higher Education: Colleges are Evading the Key Questions About Their Value

  • “Wisdom Factories” media appearances

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