Ed GottsmanAI and the Industrial Educational ModelSal Khan (of Khan Academy)’s book on AI and education is at once revolutionary…and far too timid.Jun 14Jun 14
Ed GottsmanGuardian AIngel: Your Child’s Lifelong Tutor, Therapist & CoachIn the mid-1960s, several people became emotionally attached to a shallow, simplistic, MadLibs-style chatbot…modern AIs promise to…Jun 9Jun 9
Ed GottsmanAI, Childhood Education and Fraught TopicsModern AIs can discuss politics, religion, sex, gun laws, human origins, medical ethics, enslavement, the Earth’s shape (flat? spherical?)…Jun 4Jun 4
Ed GottsmanAI and the Homework ApocalypseHomework is dead and the educational establishment is in danger of crumbling. What comes next?May 29May 29
Ed GottsmanArtificial Intelligence: Promise and PerilIn the ’80s and ’90s, I worked with AI researchers and often, not always tactfully, told them their ultimate goal — an “Artificial General…May 271May 271
Ed GottsmanThe Feds Prepare to Crush CryptoOn March 9th, President Biden issued an executive order that could lead to the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). A CBDC…Mar 14, 2022Mar 14, 2022
Ed GottsmanBitcoin Surges 8% — Cue the GoatsStories built around asset price changes are the lowest form of journalism. A stock index moves and financial reporters scramble to…Mar 10, 2022Mar 10, 2022
Ed GottsmanRegulating Crypto Defeats its PurposeMajor crypto-currency exchanges are cooperating with national authorities targeting individual Russian citizens with sanctions but have…Mar 7, 2022Mar 7, 2022
Ed GottsmanMetaverse: the “Immersed” VR Desktop — Scarface for the MassesSo it turns out there are people using VR headsets for something besides blowing up zombies (trigger warning: gore) and speculating in…Mar 3, 2022Mar 3, 2022