Audrey Watters

This summer, I’m teaching one of the tracks at the Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute, to be held at the University of Mary Washington from August 8–12. The title of my track is “Action,” and we’ll use the weeklong opportunity to explore how digital technologies shape what we consider to be...

Tweet of the Week “The great unbundling of higher education” that investors tout will exacerbate educational inequalities, but that’s probably the point— Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) May 4, 2016 Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Who’s Investing in Ed-Tech (2010–2016) Identity, Power, and Education’s Algorithms Writing Elsewhere Hack Education Weekly Newsletter...

Experts say sex in self-driving cars is inevitable How The New, Improved Chatbots Rewrite 50 Years Of Bot History Google to Get Fiat Chrysler Minivans for Self-Driving Tests Bots Will Tear Us Apart A Treasure-Hunting Ocean Robot AI is nowhere near working; let’s think about what people can do that...

"Tweet of the Week" "Personalized learning" is like Burger King's slogan "have it your way." "Hold the onions" does not radically transform your fast food meal— Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) April 28, 2016 Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Writing Elsewhere Hack Education Weekly Newsletter via tinyletter.com The Week in Robots...

Sensors, Plus Brains: 17 IoT Companies Using Artificial Intelligence Tech Doing the Dirty Work China Is Building a Robot Army of Model Workers Can AI fix education? We asked Bill Gates Robot Kitchen Cooks and Serves Food in MIT Dining Hall Graffiti by Drone To Tackle Early Childhood Education, Sesame...

Travel Nope Upcoming week: Nope (I was supposed to take a day-trip to San Francisco, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to pan out) Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Writing Elsewhere Hack Education Weekly Newsletter via tinyletter.com The Week in Robots on audreywatters.com Hack: A History on audreywatters.com...

How to Prevent a Plague of Dumb Chatbots The Humans Hiding Behind the Chatbots How close are AI systems to human-level intelligence? The Allen AI challenge The future of trollbots Rise of the Trollbots MIT Researchers Develop AI Cybersecurity Platform Gradescope Raises $2.6M to Apply Artificial Intelligence to Grading Exams...

…Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb I’ve been loosely tracking “who’s funding ed-tech” for a couple of years now. But I’ve really only maintained detailed records for the last year, and I’ve always got questions involving a longer view of ed-tech trends (something that you...

Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News The Ideology of the Blockchain (for Education) Writing Elsewhere Hack Education Weekly Newsletter via tinyletter.com The Week in Robots on audreywatters.com Who Is Funding Ed-Tech Startups? on funding.hackeducation.com The Blockchain and Education: Ideology, Links on research.hackeducation.com Speaking Nope Other Projects Taxes! I signed up...

I am on the Kill List. This is what it feels like to be hunted by drones How drones can improve scientific research in the field DMCA’s Notice And Takedown Procedure Is A Total Mess, And It’s Mainly Because Of Bogus Automated Takedowns How Computers Can Tell What They're Looking...