Harvard professor Gregory Kestin is using AI to replicate himself as part of a tutoring experiment. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz visits the university to talk to Kestin about what he hopes to gain from the process. Watch the video on NBC…Continue Reading Harvard professor uses AI to replicate himself for tutor experiment
Bot’s literary analysis wasn’t ‘brilliantly original’ — is that beside the point?
Writers Claire Messud, Laura Kipnis debate AI’s merits as a reading companion Read more in the Harvard Gazette…Continue Reading Bot’s literary analysis wasn’t ‘brilliantly original’ — is that beside the point?
FAS creates new professorships in civil discourse and AI
Gift from business leader Alfred Lin ’94 and artist Rebecca Lin ’94, part of record 30th reunion giving, builds on critical new efforts on dialogue and generative AI Read more in the Harvard Gazette…Continue Reading FAS creates new professorships in civil discourse and AI
Professor tailored AI tutor to physics course. Engagement doubled.
Preliminary findings inspire other large Harvard classes to test approach this fall Read more in the Harvard Gazette…Continue Reading Professor tailored AI tutor to physics course. Engagement doubled.
A modern approach to teaching classics
Martin Puchner is using chatbots to bring to life Socrates, Shakespeare, and Thoreau…Continue Reading A modern approach to teaching classics
AI, new technologies, and ‘courage to fail’ mark IT Summit
Tech leaders encourage culture of innovation …Continue Reading AI, new technologies, and ‘courage to fail’ mark IT Summit
Will tech change what it means to be human? And does it matter?
Michael Sandel pokes, prods with provocative questions in Harvard Dialogues event Forget Botox. Artificial intelligence took 40 years off Harrison Ford, now 81, for the 2023 release “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” Read more in the Harvard Gazette….Continue Reading Will tech change what it means to be human? And does it matter?