Rachel Thomas Says AI Has Become New PowerPoint
Fast.ai co-founder Rachel Thomas posted her fear that AI is often used in rote, uninteresting ways.
Rachel Thomas posted that her fear is AI has become the new PowerPoint and not in a good way. She compared it to how PowerPoint usurped the lecture it was supposed to support. Many are using AI in rote and uninteresting ways, the post stated. It takes creativity, a sense of ownership and direction to use slides well, she added. The tweet by the mathematician and AI educator referenced @Marc__Watkins.
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Rachel Thomas Says AI Has Become New PowerPoint
Fast.ai co-founder Rachel Thomas posted her fear that AI is often used in rote, uninteresting ways.
Rachel Thomas posted that her fear is AI has become the new PowerPoint and not in a good way. She compared it to how PowerPoint usurped the lecture it was supposed to support. Many are using AI in rote and uninteresting ways, the post stated. It takes creativity, a sense of ownership and direction to use slides well, she added. The tweet by the mathematician and AI educator referenced @Marc__Watkins.
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Rachel Thomas@math_rachel"My fear is that AI has become the new PowerPoint and not in a good way. Just as PP usurped the lecture it was supposed to support, many are using AI in ways that are rote & uninteresting. It takes creativity & a sense of ownership & direction to use slides well"…
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RT Rachel Thomas@math_rachel@Marc__Watkins "AI is generic when we use it just to complete tasks. It can be used creatively when we bring judgment, taste, constraint, and iteration to the process. That is the human context we need to nurture."
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