24 - Anna Leach, AI and Machine Learning

Today’s episode explores something I’m not overly familiar with, and I admit, it can be a little scary when you don’t know much about it. AI and Machine learning and not new but for some of us, it’s a bit scary to talk about something we only know about formally through Hollywood blockbusters.

In today’s show I’m chatting with Anna Leach, a Graduate Associate and PHD student at the University of Arizona. Anna shares some interesting information about the AI Circle and some other things we should think about at a deeper level!

In this Episode:

• What is AI and how it impacts us
• Taking the scariness out of AI
• An introduction into AI and Algorithms
• The Grand Circle
• The differences between machine learning and AI
  and Deep Learning
• Peanut Butter sandwiches and step by step
  processes
• Data impacts
• Bias in learning
• It’s not “IF” it’s “WHEN” we should start
  understanding AI and Machine Learning for future inclusion in our toolbox.

About Anna Leach

Anna is a PhD student and graduate associate at the School
of Information at the University of Arizona.  The iSchool focuses on the
intersection of people, technology, and information.  Her studies are
focused educational technology and the information it produces or consumes and
how it can or does impact humans.  She is working to understand the value of
the data collected and how it can empower learners and elevate learning. 
She is researching what data is collected in our LMSes and how much we
understand about data privacy.

Anna is a PhD student and graduate associate at the School of Information at the University of Arizona.  The iSchool focuses on the intersection of people, technology, and information.  Her studies are focused educational technology and the information it produces or consumes and how it can or does impact humans.  She is working to understand the value of the data collected and how it can empower learners and elevate learning.  She is researching what data is collected in our LMSes and how much we understand about data privacy.

Prior to the PhD program, Anna worked as a data analyst at
the Ohio State University.  She also completed her Masters in Learning
Technologies in the Fall of 2016 through the Ohio State University online
program.  She has discussed her data analysis journey in a TEDxPSU talk
titled Beyond the Numbers: A Data Analyst Journey – https://youtu.be/t2oOFs4WgI0 

In her free time, she spends time with her
family and pug Skully or hiking or crocheting. 

Anna’s Links:

Joy Link:  https://www.ted.com/speakers/joy_buolamwini 

Machine Learning: https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning 

Here is an image Anna really likes:  https://wordstream-files-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/machine-learning.png  It is what is considered Artificial Intelligence.  

Anna sent me this in respect to the discussion of PB&J sandwiches. She uses it to prompt discussions about what an algorithm is. https://youtu.be/FN2RM-CHkuI

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