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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, and whisper it but something needs to give and graduate skills are (generally) more important than discipline. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Flattered to have a mention from the Queen of social media! #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting, I always fear that if we (ever) go to fast we get no meaningful learning. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

This where the old skool chats would get into dereferentialisation territory. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Who would do such a sociopathic thing?

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

A5 we timetable a bunch of students in a room and facilitate them talking to each other about something related to one of the intended learning outcomes. The AI might now even be able to suggest some good conversation prompts (questions) #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

The homogenisation to mediocrity has just been super-charged? #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Becksbot 2.0 requires a long-term memory. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

To be fair, not much of what human beings do is a truly creative intelligent process, but at least we retain that potential. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

genAI is still generative AI, when it means general AI we can start talking about intelligence #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely, imagine if this was LinkedIn and the system was suggesting responses for us! #LTHEchat

Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting, so you're not using an agent that is "getting to know you"? #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

A4 I started off using genAI to reinforce my own sense of smug primacy in HE chemistry. That doesn't work anymore. genAI has moved on since 2022 and now I have to too. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, just think of all those poor neanderthals who had to make do with ChatGPT 3.0 #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

The genie is out of the bottle and there's no limit to the number of wishes. But just ask Jafar if there's a catch. I think the risk is of a generation who are stuck in the AI lamp #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Sure, because you've a few years experience learning to reason before AI. What if we'd grown up with it? #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

I've only seen Discovery, isn't that a bit retro? #LTHEchat

Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

#LTHEchat especially @kjhaxton.com

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

“Scottie, I need more power.”

“I’m givin’ ya all she’s GOT, Captain.” ⚡️

@dkthomp.bsky.social

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

A2 My concern is that we (as a species) don't get enough practice reasoning because our first recourse is to the AI And because they don't really think or create everything stagnates. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

I see what you did there. #LTHEchat

@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 7d

A2 I see the use of GenAI as a potential preliminary step. i t has the potential to provide some useful interaction and can provide feedback. Limitations being it all seedns sense vheckign and verifying. #LTHEchat

Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

What you mean like the Kelvin timeline? #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

A2 benefit: breadth of "knowledge"; limit: if a student talks to a bot they are missing out on a genuinely social interaction. Bots are for when you'd otherwise be alone. Say, 9pm.

Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

I am going to get CoPilot studio and create an AI called KatHy who I can ask all the difficult questions. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Does the dialogue have to be between student and teacher? Can it be between students? Does that fulfil the definition? #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 7d

A1 it means facilitating conversations for learning; conversations about how to answer, not THE answer #LTHEchat

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