11 Jan 2024
Dr Ben Williamson has been cited in The New York Times in the article 'Will Chatbots Teach Your Children?' Technology reporter Natasha Singer brings together thoughts on the subject from Sal Khan (chief executive of Khan Academy), Greg Brockman (president of OpenAI), and Randi Weingarten (president of the American Federation of Teachers).
“There’s a rush to proclaim the authority and the usefulness of these kinds of chatbot interfaces and the underlying language models that power them,” Dr. Williamson said. “But the evidence that A.I. chatbots can deliver those effects does not yet exist.”
AI and Education: Will Chatbots Soon Tutor Your Children? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)