Will Electric Professors Dream of Virtual Tenure? - Chronicle.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 25 Nov 08
  

  Terry Elliott

  futureversity singularity x-prize

  • Singularity University

  • how thinking machines would reshape campus life.

    
    
    

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  • • I'm one or two orders of magnitude more productive today because of the global knowledge system the Internet has enabled."
    • Perhaps we'll soon have machines recording everything we say, see, and hear, allowing us to retrieve experiences we now lose to forgetfulness.
    • Computerized research assistants
    • The whole fabric
    • let's face it, the human brain isn't getting any zippier.
    • These new computer teachers will have more patience than any human lecturer, and they will be able to offer every student individual attention — which sure beats a 500-person lecture course.
    • Virtual professors probably won't ask for tenure. And Mr. Goertzel sees them as key to expanding educational opportunities, by greatly reducing the price of a high-quality education.
    • International Space University
    • For example, if the technology falls into the wrong hands, it could aid terrorists or repressive dictators.

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