In this session, we'll explore how the rise of consumer-facing AI tools, coupled with a lack of public funding, has pressured schools and colleges to adopt technology as a substitute for essential resources.
How have third-party tech vendors influenced outcomes for students and teachers? Once we move past the hype, what advancements in generative AI could genuinely benefit educational settings? And what safeguards should we implement to protect educational institutions from being exploited by for-profit AI companies?
To help us answer these questions we have:
Dr Michael Veale, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. His research focusses on how to understand and address challenges of power and justice that digital technologies and their users create and exacerbate, in areas such as privacy-enhancing technologies and machine learning. He tweets at @mikarv.
Alex Kotran, co-founder of the AI Education Project, which is a professional development programme designed to support AI literacy and readiness for educators across school systems in the US.