EP 170: “Wise Use” of Rapidly Changing AI Tools

Return guest Nicolaas Matthijs joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss some of the trends he’s seeing in the rapidly changing AI-assisted technology space with an eye toward how digital learning professionals can make wise use of the tools in our work.

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Coffee Links 

• Tanzania Peaberry Lyamungo from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY)

Content Links 

• [Please Click and Vote Now!] Listener Poll: Crowdsourced Input on “TOPcast Live” Session at OLC Accelerate 2024
• Visual: “Gartner Hype Cycle” 
• Video Interview: “Exploring the Frontiers of AI: A Conversation with [Columbia University] Professor Hod Lipson”
• Keynote Video: “If AI is the Answer, What is the Question: Thinking about Learning and Vice Versa” (Dr. Chris Dede)
• Prior TOPcast Episodes
  • #158: “AI-Assistance Built-In: Less Obvious/More Useful” (with Nicolaas Matthijs)
  • #146: “Get Hands-On with AI” (with Dr. Rohan Jowallah)

Just-for-Fun Pop Culture Link

• [On vinyl 45 rpm records] “Bemused and a Bit Bereaved on Behalf of the B Side”

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of This Episode!