TwistedSifter on MSN

‘You don’t know your parents’ names?’ – A teacher discussed the basic things elementary school students don’t know how to do anymore

Next up was cursive handwriting, which she called a “lost art.” The teacher then raised the alarm that students don’t have any important phone numbers memorized and she said ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Stop Pretending You Know How to Teach AI

This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “Leading in the AI Era,” available in the Chronicle Store. E arlier this year Ohio State University announced an AI Fluency program, ...
Hosted on MSN

Here’s the Right Way to Answer “Do You Know How Fast You Were Going?” If You Get Pulled Over by a Cop

If you get pulled over for speeding, the first thing the cop will ask you is: “Do you know how fast you were going?” You might be fully aware that you were flying down the freeway at 80 mph—or doing ...
Wall Street Journal

We Now Know How AI ‘Thinks’—and It’s Barely Thinking at All

The big names in artificial intelligence—leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others—still confidently predict that AI attaining human-level smarts is right around the corner. But the naysayers ...
Wall Street Journal

In a Test of Adult Know-How, America Comes Up Short

When it comes to basic skills such as creating a complex travel itinerary, reading a thermometer or finding information from a website, American workers are falling behind those in other rich ...