Why do we give the agents male names and the assistants female ones? I asked that question out loud at Learning Technologies yesterday, and nobody had a good answer. We’ve been here before. Siri. Alexa. Cortana. The pattern is established: give the assistant a woman’s name, make it compliant, make it warm, make it endlessly… Read More AI Gender Bias
I posted yesterday about the Learning Technologies conference and exhibition and mentioned a few points to prepare beforehand. Here are mine. Know what problem you’re trying to solve. For me it’s a live problem. I’m working with organisations on AI capability right now, and the consistent gap isn’t technical knowledge. It’s whether L&D has the… Read More Walk the talk
It’s two days of Learning Technologies from tomorrow, and I’ll be chairing two sessions at Learning Technologies. Here’s what I’m watching, and what I’d tell you before you walk in. On Wednesday it’s T1S2 with Markus Bernhardt on AI agents. Not the hype version, but the real question of what happens when AI starts acting… Read More Get ready
Standards will lose to convenience unless L&D is tied to something more operationally important. When L&D standards compete with operational pressure, operational pressure wins almost every time. Not because people don’t care about quality, but because the consequence of cutting a corner on learning is diffuse, delayed, and rarely attributed back to the decision. The… Read More Standards 0 Convenience 1
In 2 to 3 years, some of the teenagers in this New York Times piece will be employees. They’re already using AI for productivity. As well as companionship, boredom relief, emotional processing, role play, fantasy, flirting, reassurance and escape. That creates a different starting point for work since some will arrive used to systems that… Read More Teen tech
Lost and Desperate 