
 Have You Heard
 Have You Heard #161 AI Is Going to Upend Public Education. Or Maybe Not
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 Aug 8, 2023  Larry Cuban, historian, predicts that AI will join a long list of overhyped tech 'silver bullets' that have fallen short of the promised utopia. Cuban argues that tech boosters oversell because they don’t understand teaching's reliance on human connection. The podcast explores the limitations of AI language models, skepticism towards AI's impact in classrooms, the enduring tradition of hope and criticism in education, the potential impact of AI on writing assignments, and the cycle of over-promising in education technology. 
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 Introduction 
 00:00 • 2min 
 The Limitations of AI Language Models and the Question of Original Thinking 
 01:31 • 3min 
 AI in Classrooms: Debunking the Hype 
 04:27 • 23min 
 The Enduring Tradition of Hope and Criticism in American Public Education 
 27:18 • 4min 
 The Impact of AI on Writing Assignments and the Complexity of Teaching 
 31:42 • 2min 
 The Cycle of Over-Promising and Under-Delivering in Education Technology 
 33:25 • 12min 
