Episode 26: Universities Anxiously Buy in to the Hype (feat. Chris Gilliard), February 5 2024
Episode 26: Universities Anxiously Buy in to the Hype (feat. Chris Gilliard), February 5 2024  
Podcast: Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Published On: Thu Feb 15 2024
Description: Just Tech Fellow Dr. Chris Gilliard aka "Hypervisible" joins Emily and Alex to talk about the wave of universities adopting AI-driven educational technologies, and the lack of protections they offer students in terms of data privacy or even emotional safety.References:Inside Higher Ed: Arizona State Joins ChatGPT in First Higher Ed PartnershipASU press release version: New Collaboration with OpenAI Charts theFuture of AI in Higher EducationMLive: Your Classmate Could Be an AI Student at this Michigan UniversityChris Gilliard: How Ed Tech Is Exploiting StudentsFresh AI Hell:Various: “AI learns just like a kid”Infants' gaze teaches AI the nuances of language acquisitionSimilar from NeuroscienceNewsPolitico: Psychologist apparently happy with fake version of himselfWSJ: Employers Are Offering a New Worker Benefit: Wellness ChatbotsNPR: Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy expertPalette cleanser: Goodbye to NYC's useless robocop.Check out future streams on Twitch. Meanwhile, send us any AI Hell you see. Our merch store is now live on the DAIR website! Find our book, The AI Con, here. Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown. Follow us! Emily Bluesky: emilymbender.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Alex Bluesky: alexhanna.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@alex Twitter: @alexhanna Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.