Audrey Watters

This post first appeared on aud.life In previous years, I've written a review of my years "in numbers," counting the number of keynotes, the number of cities I visited, the number of bands I've seen, etc. I need to write my year in words and tears instead this year. Nonetheless...

This post first appeared on aud.life The billion-dollar robot question – how can we make sure they’re safe? Why Do I Have to Call This App “Julie”? automation is coming to a job near you Watson Medical Algorithm A Master Algorithm Lets Robots Teach Themselves to Perform Complex Tasks AI...

This post first appeared on aud.life Now that I've finished my "Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015" series, I want to turn to some other projects to wrap up the year. I still have to finish recording audio for The Monsters of Education Technology and The Revenge of the Monsters of...

Travel Nope Upcoming week: Nope Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Beyond the MOOC Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Compulsion for Data Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech Writing Elsewhere Hack Education Weekly Newsletter The Week in Robots...

This post first appeared on aud.life How Elon Musk and Y Combinator Plan to Stop Computers From Taking Over Tinder robot behaves to palm sweatiness Do Robots Dream of Electric Arts Council Grants? Elon Musk’s Billion-Dollar AI Plan Is About Far More Than Saving the World Alpha 1s, A Programmable...

This post first appeared on aud.life Kin and I saw the new Star Wars movie last night. With the exception of the first movie back in 1977, I’ve seen all of the films on opening day. (I saw Episode IV at the Cooper Theatre in Denver, but not on opening...

Travel Nope Upcoming week: Nope Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: “The Employability Narrative” Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Credits and Credentialing Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not) Support Hack Education Writing Elsewhere Hack Education Weekly Newsletter The...

This post first appeared on aud.life Tea Making Robot Teforia Brews Up $5.1 Million In Seed Funding The Three Laws of Robotics Google and Facebook Race to Solve the Ancient Game of Go With AI China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots Facebook Open Sources Its AI Hardware...

Travel Nope (unless driving to Long Beach to see live music counts) Upcoming week: Nope Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015 Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Politics of Education Technology Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Standardized Testing Writing Elsewhere The Week in Robots Hack...

This post first appeared on aud.life ‘World’s sexiest robot’ causes a frenzy at Beijing tech conference Penn State imagines a world where robots write the books Automation is a Job Engine, New Research Says How Facebook’s AI Researchers Built a Game-Changing Go Engine Teaching AI to Play Atari Will Help...