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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

The Hechinger Report

Yes, the robots are definitely coming for the jobs of America’s 3.5 Robots may also be coming for radiologists, whose expertise diagnosing diseases through X-rays and MRIs is facing stiff competition from artificial intelligence. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2016. million cashiers.

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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

Hack Education

Is it the vast corpus of data that the company has amassed — decades of essays and theses and Wikipedia entries that it uses to assess student work? " (Sidenote: in 2016, Alabama state congressperson Mike Hubbard was found guilty of 12 counts of felony ethics violations, including receiving money from Edgenuity.

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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

EdTech Magazine

Understandably, there is still some hesitation at the idea of using this technology, as education professionals fear the day robots will replace teachers. percent by 2016. A basic technology infrastructure including a student information system, assessment data, digital instructional resources and bandwidth to schools, is essential.”.

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EXCLUSIVE: They’re here–robots are teaching your children

eSchool News

Unbeknownst to parents, all first-grade classes in a suburban Los Angeles elementary school were successfully taught by teacher robots during the 2015-2016 school year. “I wanted to see if they could teach real students, because we’ve seen robots help children with social-emotional learning.”

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How AI Will Save Education

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. Can a robot be whimsical? Even more amazing, ChatGPT made some independent artistic choices. This will be kludgy and awful , I thought. (For

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Voice-Based English Tutoring App MyBuddy Merges With a Friend: Edwin

Edsurge

MyBuddy, an artificial intelligence-powered English tutoring app, features a friendly robot that guides children through speaking exercises. The user experience is designed much like a game, featuring the robotic avatar that gives verbal and pictorial prompts for children to practice speaking basic words, phrases and expressions.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

The “cultivation of students’ entrepreneurship and innovation capabilities and practical skills” was a priority in China’s 5-Year Plan for 2016-2020. billion in 2016, according to Goldman Sachs. million (A) 2016 Sinovation Ventures EnglishCentral $1.3 million (N/A) 2016 Kirihara Shoten K.K. 380 million tally in 2014.

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