What Do Self-Driving Cars Teach Us About AI in Education?

Can thinking the public narrative around robot cars help educators think about the fast-rising trend of generative AI? For this episode, Jeff talked with two experts with books on how to think about teaching and AI — and put them in debate about key differences in their approaches.

Books, articles and podcasts mentioned:

“Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning,” by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson.

“More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI,” by John Warner. 

“What Is Culture in the Age of A.I.?” by Joshua Rothman in The New Yorker.

My interview with writer John McPhee from 2018 on the EdSurge Podcast.

“Chemistry Nobel goes to developers of AlphaFold AI that predicts protein structures,” in Nature.