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25 Nov 08

Will Electric Professors Dream of Virtual Tenure? - Chronicle.com

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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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