Debate: Are Kids Too Stressed Today?
How much stress we experience growing up can affect our health later in life. This was discovered during a study which assessed the emotional health, diet and habits of hundreds of people from childhood through adulthood. They analyzed the relationship between stress and disease and found people who had persistent stress were at the highest risk for disease. But surprisingly, people who had periods of high stress when they were between the ages of 7 and 16 showed a high risk for chronic illness, even if they were not stressed as adults. Listen to this story and start a debate in your class about whether stress is helpful or harmful to students.
Read MoreDebate: Should AI Be Allowed to Assess Suicide Risk on Facebook?
Facebook has been using artificial intelligence (AI) to try to help prevent suicide and self-harm. Facebook’s head of safety says that the AI system, which triggers alerts when Facebook chatter indicates potential risk, was used several times in its first year. While some people support this use of AI, others want the social media giant to be more transparent about its use. Many worry that this development could lead to more AI surveillance. Listen to hear more about how the AI system works and debate: Should AI be allowed to assess suicide risk on Facebook?
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Scientists have made robots that can reproduce. These robots, called xenobots, are made from frog cells and designed with artificial intelligence. The xenobots are programmed to behave in certain ways, have different shapes that affect how they function, and store and replicate complete copies of themselves. The xenobots allow scientists to study self-replication, which might help solve self-replicating problems like COVID-19. Listen to hear more about xenobots and the history of robots.
Read MoreDebate: Is AI Image Creation Technology Dangerous?
A new artificial intelligence program, DALL-E, is able to translate text into vivid images. People can feed unusual combinations of words or phrases into the system and watch as unique images are generated. Many people are having fun seeing the silly images DALL-E creates, and some have found helpful ways to use the technology to enhance their work. But there is concern that the high-quality images produced by AI programs could increase the spread of disinformation. Listen to learn more about DALL-E and then debate: Is AI image creation technology dangerous?
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ChatGPT is a new artificial intelligence tool that could revolutionize teaching and learning. The powerful technology can write papers and poems, edit code, translate languages, and much more. Teachers are concerned that the high quality of ChatGPT’s output makes cheating hard to detect, and they’re worried it may kill students’ motivation to work and learn, and some want access to the tool blocked at school. But others think ChatGPT has the potential to reinvigorate education by offering teachers and students exciting new tools for research and writing. Listen to hear how cheating with AI might be detected and then debate: Is AI helpful or harmful for learning?
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01/15/2023
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