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And AI Came to the Classroom

marc.alier@upc.edu (Marc Alier) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Legend has it that the wise Anand (a name suggested by ChatGPT, whom I call Skippy ^2) helped King Devendra (a name also proposed by Skippy) solve a difficult problem. In gratitude Devendra offered Anand the payment he desired. Anand asked that the king give him a grain of rice for the first square of a chessboard and that he double the amount in each successive square. The king accepted, but after a good while the king’s mathematicians informed him that there was not enough wheat in the entire kingdom to pay what Anand asked for.

Resources on the history of computing

marc.alier@upc.edu (Marc Alier) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

John Mc Carty lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K13_sWm_gZw&t=23s

Videos from the course ChatGPT: Opportunity and Challenge for Teaching v.1

marc.alier@upc.edu (Marc Alier) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re an educator and you’re interested in generative AI and its applications in teaching, you’ll be glad to know you can now access the videos from the course “ChatGPT: Opportunity and Challenge for Teaching” on my YouTube channel. This course covers ChatGPT, a text-generating AI tool introduced at the end of 2022, and its implications for university teaching.