The focus is on the value of AI in healthcare, where AI can identify potential issues that need further screening or biopsy, often more effectively than a human researcher. The speaker also highlights the importance of maintaining a human touch in interactions, mentioning a situation where a student's responses resembled those of an AI chatbot, prompting a discussion on the value of authentic, human interactions even in low-stakes situations such as writing thank you notes or participating in class dialogues.
Jon Ippolito on a more critical framework for AI use (amongst other topics) on episode 524 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We need to either rethink what intelligence means, beyond the scope of simply being articulate and knowledgeable when it comes to to putting words together, or we need to think about what other values we want to promote and encourage and teach that go beyond intelligence.
-Jon Ippolito
It’s a problem because the average of 2 facts is not necessarily a fact.
-Jon Ippolito