generative AI

Augmenting Human Intelligence – How Generative AI Conversational Audio Extends Human Dialogue

In 2017, my friend and fellow mapmaker Christine Capra from consultancy company Greater than the Sum, interviewed me about my work on participatory community network mapping as collective sensemaking. We had a blast, Christine with her incisive questions turning this into a conversation so insightful, that – instead of Christine converting it into a single blog post – she produced a full series of six blog posts – over the next few years. As Christine wrote in her concluding post -at the height of the COVID19 pandemic:

It’s been over two years since my original interview with Aldo. That one interview was so rich, it generated six blog posts and an abiding friendship. We’ve met online semi-monthly ever since that first great conversation, to talk about our projects, challenges, ideas & dreams.

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No Pain, No Gain? Does Generative AI Make Students Bypass the Peaks of Education?

Troy Jollimore in The Walrus raises some profound and thorny issues about the havoc generative AI ‘magic bag’ tools like ChatGPT are wreaking on education, issues that remain open and unresolved. His main concern is that if students don’t put in the blood, sweat, and tears of genuine effort, we risk devaluing education’s true purpose. It’s not just about passing a course or getting a degree; it’s about cultivating individuals who can think critically, solve problems creatively, and contribute meaningfully to society:

“So I am in a position to know and appreciate what a difference education makes to the quality of your life. The vastness of the world it opens up to you while simultaneously instilling in you the curiosity to explore it.… Read more...

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