Is AI good for education? 

With Dr Phil Lord and Professor David Kennedy

In this series of Newcastle University’s ‘From Newcastle’ podcast, we explore the rise of artificial intelligence and how it’s shaping our lives. From creativity and education to ethics and the environment, we’ll be asking big questions about AI and hearing from Newcastle University experts to help us make sense of it all.

In today’s episode, we’re asking ‘Is AI good for education?’ To help us answer the question, we’re joined by our Newcastle University experts Dr Phil Lord,  Dean of Postgraduate Research for the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering and Professor David Kennedy, Dean of Digital Education.

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In this episode, we talk to Dr Ahmed Kharrufa, senior lecturer in human-computer interaction in Open Lab and Dr Tiago Sousa Garcia, from the research software engineer team at Newcastle University. 

Learn about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, how AI can be used as a tool in education and how we can address concerns around safety and privacy for children and young people using AI.

You can find out more about Ahmed’s research and follow him on twitter @ankharrufa. Learn about fascinating topics with the Kinnu app.

You can find out more about Tiago’s research and on his website follow him on twitter @tiagosousagarci. Kickstart your children’s creative writing experiments with the Creativity Engine.

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Seven Stories: https://www.sevenstories.org.uk/
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