As I reflect on this week's discussion on Web 2.0, I couldn't help but wonder how is AI used in Web 2.0 and how will it be utilized in the future. While I have seen arguments that Web 3.0 is already on the rise and may already exist in some form, I also wondered how AI would be used in Web 3.0 and beyond. My curiosity really sparked when I was completing my competency assessment in IDE 631, and I articulated my weakness in the ability to analyze a significant amount of data. Statistics and data analytics are not my strong suit. That is why I chose to enter the legal field and did not become a statistician. Anyway, after completing my checklist, I check my e-mail only to find an advertisement from my Alma Mater regarding a course in data analytics that is available to all alumni. What? Coincidence? I think not. From everything I read, AI is already being used in smartphones and search engines. AI is be...
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As I enter the field of instructional design and study the emerging technology of artificial intelligence, I can't help but wonder if AI will advance so far that it will eventually take away human jobs or, more specifically, the jobs of instructional designers. Many of you who responded to my blog expressed interest in AI and were intrigued by AI capabilities and how AI advancements could improve a human's life while, at the same time, you shared my concerns with the negative impact AI may have on society. It could be the concerns we share about AI exist because we watch entirely too many SciFi movies. Hollywood seems to give the impression that machines are already so intelligent they're secretly conspiring for a major take over of society as we know it. That said, the idea that AI could advance so far that it would have a negative impact on society or could end humankind as we know it is not completely detached from reality. In fact, Stephen Hawking...
image retrieved from https://cdn.dogtownmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/24121253/aied1.jpg I don't think anything could have prepared us for the life altering events that the majority of Americans began to encounter on March 13, 2020. As spring break was beginning for a large majority of Americans, a novel corona virus (COVID-19) had made its way to the United States. The arrival of the virus resulted in the closure of institutions in both the private and public sector. As a result, many American children went on spring break and have yet to return to the classroom. The rapid closure of educational institutions in America has completely altered the American classroom and changed the way we deliver education. The future impact these sudd...