In the Dark

I laughed out loud when I saw an item in the Times Higher about new Masters courses at the London School of Innovation (which I had never heard of before) that will be taught and assessed by AI. I see that for the new courses – apparently in subjects such as machine learning, digital innovation, entrepreneurship and business transformation

Content will be delivered through an online learning system that the university built from scratch. Students can choose to have content delivered in a written format or presented to them by an AI avatar.

Moreover,

…assignments will be assessed and given feedback by AI…

and

At the end of each module, students will engage in a “Socratic dialogue” with their AI tutor about the content to answer questions and reflect on their learning.

Whether the AI bot will end up corrupting young people and being compelled to drink hemlock is not specified…

I laughed when I read all this because it doesn’t seem to have occurred to anyone that if you have a qualification that can be delivered and assessed by chatbots then the job that you think it will qualify you for can also be done by chatbots…

Still, the London School of Innovation has been granted degree-awarding powers by the “Regulator” so it must be kosher.

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