February 10, 2023
How can educators (and college students) adapt to the inevitable rise of AI?
Emery Berger, Professor of Data and Pc Sciences on the College of Massachusetts at Amherst, joins Ben for a dialog in regards to the influence of AI on academia. As a younger sci-fi fan, he was fascinated by computer systems that might spit out options (a fascination that survived publicity to BASIC and COBOL). Now his CS college students are utilizing Copilot to do the identical factor. How can educators (and college students) adapt?
Episode notes:
Professor Emery Berger is a programs builder who research “programming languages, runtime programs, and working programs, with a specific deal with programs that transparently enhance reliability, safety, and efficiency.”
AI giveth and AI taketh away: an unbelievable device for builders is creating new challenges for CS educators and college students. Learn Emery’s 2022 essay “Dealing with Copilot.”
You can too discover Emery on GitHub or Twitter.
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Tags: ai, the stack overflow podcast, College of Massachusetts at Amherst
