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Today on the show we have Art MarkmanVice Provost for Academic Affairs and a professor of psychology and marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. Hes also co-host of the public radio program and podcast Two Guys on Your Head. And we also have K.P. Prockoan associate professor of instruction in biochemistry who uses AI in the classroom and who also manages a grant program in UT Austins College of Natural Sciences to help faculty integrate AI tools into the classroom.

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A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Cant Be Done. Ed Surge (One researcher gave up on expert AI tutors for students, saying the tech is still decades away, and instead is focusing on AI tools to help human teachers do a better job)

Opinion: An education legend has created an AI that will change your mind about AI, Washington Post (AI columnist Josh Tyrangiel says a popular AI-based math tutor is the best model we have for how to develop and implement AI for the public good. Its also the first AI software Im excited for my kids to use.)

Will Chatbots Teach Your Children?, New York Times (An overview of the potential benefits and risks of AI-based tutors, as well telling hype from reality)

Will Artificial Intelligence Help Teachersor Replace Them?, Ed Week (features UT Austins Peter Stone, who argues the calculator didnt replace math teachers, it just required them to change the way they teach; the same will be true with AI tools.)

Opinion: College students are dropping out in droves. Two sisters could fix that., Washington Post (One company is using AI to help universities regularly check in with and support students to boost retention.)

Episode Credits

Our co-hosts are Marc Airhart, science writer and podcaster in the College of Natural Sciences and Casey Boyle, associate professor of rhetoric and director of UTsDigital Writing & Research Lab.

Executive producers are Christine Sinatra and Dan Oppenheimer.

Sound design and audio editing by Robert Scaramuccia. Theme music is by Aiolos Rue. Interviews are recorded at the Liberal Arts ITS recording studio.

Cover image for this episode generated with Midjourney, a generative AI tool.

About AI for the Rest of Us

AI for the Rest of Usis a joint production of The University of Texas at Austins College of Natural Sciences and College of Liberal Arts.This podcast is part of the UniversitysYear of AI initiative. The opinions expressed in this podcast represent the views of the hosts and guests, and not of The University of Texas at Austin.Listen via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, RSS, or anywhere you get your podcasts. You can also listen on the web at aifortherest.net.Have questions or comments? Contact: mairhart[AT]austin.utexas.edu

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