Intro to AI Agents: Metaverse for Education Newsletter Issue #24
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Dear Educators & Friends,
For the last few weeks, I was away from the Edtech world planning and implementing a short term project with intangible profit margins called, ‘my wedding’. The product was successfully shipped in both English & Hindi and has proven to be a customer favorite. As you can see in the?video?above of my?henna, you all were with me in spirit ??.
As I return from my hiatus, I am impressed by the uptake of AI models and tools in education.?Sal Khan’s experiments?are the best example I’ve seen of the potential of AI in our current education system. I’m also seeing teachers increasing productivity and decreasing administrative tasks, allowing them to spend more of their time with students,?which currently averages 49%.
One of the more exciting developments in this regard is the emergence of?autonomous?AI agents ??.?Although fundamentally old technology, AI agents have leveraged GPT-4 to simulate human intelligence, behavior, and communication.
Imagine asking an autonomous AI agent to grade an assignment for you. With only the assignment in-hand, it will create a set of action steps to complete this task, create a rubric for grading, determine all acceptable answers, create a repository of feedback, and then…grade the assignment.
This new type of agent is different from what’s existed:
Here’s what’s new about the autonomous AI agent:
AI agents can analyze large amounts of data, recognize speech, understand natural language, and perhaps even generate creative content. They will ask themselves all questions required to complete a task and execute it for you.
So where does this leave the teaching profession??More human, actually. We no longer need educators or parents to be administrative assistants, operations managers, attendance takers, and paper graders. Educators can focus on social, intellectual, and emotional relationships with students through hands-on experiences that extend beyond transactional interactions.
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Let’s dive into how AI is continuing to change education, and how AI agents can help.
Warmly yours,
Vriti Saraf & k20 Educators
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1 年Hannah Beckmann Swiers Nicholas Friesen
Author | Educator | Former: Apple, Wix, USC | Public Speaker | From the classroom to the corporate world I work with teams to create cultures of innovation begin with a culture of empathy.
1 年She’s back! So excited to read this
I teach AI with a human touch: empowering intelligent business.
1 年Super interesting overview of the AI agent and it makes me think - how well do we teach students to be agents of their own problems? The idea of assigning a student a problem and then giving them the agency to chose the methodology and tools that will be effective to solve that problem - this has always been the part of education I find most valuable.