Future perfect
Dave Coplin,
JISC,
Jul 16, 2019
What should an education system of the future look like? "Creativity, empathy and accountability. I want an education system that delivers that," says Dave Coplin in this brief article. "How am I going to choose the correct course of human action? What parts of my human judgment can I add to the algorithm to give me what the right choice is? That's a core skill that we have to learn – as individuals and as organisations – and it is a core skill we have to teach." I think there's a point here, but I also think we need to think much more deeply about what this means, exactly. Machines can be creative, they can make decisions, and they can even decide what's important. It's not clear yet where we fit into that picture. Why are we training people to make decisions? Why are we training people for jobs? What do people want in a machine-supported world?
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