Category Archives: 57

57 Outboard Brain, Semantic Web, AI

The prospect of AI has significantly grown, and the scariest is whether robots will be undistinguishable from humans, and if they will become a prosthesis or a tool and co-worker and mind extension.

Technically confirmed authorship?

Posted on January 10, 2023 by x28

I want to know who thought up what I am reading. The only way to ensure it was a human, is via successful networks of personal trust. Continue reading →

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No prediction

Posted on December 28, 2022 by x28

Difficult to guess: either, bullshitters and gaslighters will have a harder time,
or tech will lure us even more effectively into relying on patronizing prostheses. Continue reading →

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Cognition at scale

Posted on June 17, 2022 by x28

My thoughts about the story of the ‘sentient’ chatbot LaMDA, considering scale as strength of IT.
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#ethics21 Faked teachers?

Posted on December 8, 2021 by x28

A challenging question in this week was not on the course channels but in OLDaily: “Still don’t think they can be teachers?” in a comment about expressive emotive humanoid robots. Yes, I fear they can, and maybe poorer students will … Continue reading →

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#ethics21 Week 2 Curiosity

Posted on October 17, 2021 by x28

In Week 2, we will learn about Applications of Learning Analytics, and I am curious about a few things that have puzzled me for a while. Continue reading →

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The Extended Mind

Posted on July 8, 2021 by x28

Offload the material and see it anew — great advice for using the “Extended Mind”.
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Predictions

Posted on December 31, 2020 by x28

My prediction for the upcoming year.
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Invisibility and cognition

Posted on July 22, 2019 by x28

What is cognition? Invisibility seems to play an important role.
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#EL30 Week 6: Automated Assessments

Posted on November 29, 2018 by x28

The rich data tapestry of student learning records, might get at a more accurate picture of whether the student’s abilities will meet the requirements of a certain job profile. But is the conjecture true for all types of assessments, and will it lead to more justice, and should we embrace machine decisions here?
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#EL30 Alien Intelligence AI

Posted on October 24, 2018 by x28

In EL30, a very interesting topic so far was about ‘Ethical AI’ and what makes humans different from AI. Inevitably, the association pops up that the AIs will be very smart and autonomous, and we hope that they will want … Continue reading →

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