Herewith the week's news gathered in a small knowledge post. There have been several interesting news stories in the past week, and here we have selected the most important ones.
New knowledge center for technology understanding receives DKK 50 million for development
The six university colleges, Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen have joined forces to strengthen children's and young people's ability to navigate a digital age and understand technology's role in society.
Based on research, the focus is to provide knowledge about digital technology understanding in primary schools and at STX, HHX, and HTX. The aim is to create a common knowledge base across education sectors, which can form the basis for new educational initiatives and further development of existing subjects.
The center is headed by Professor Ole Sejer Iversen and is supported by the Lundbeck Foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the Villum Foundation for 2023-2028.
The Danish Dyslexic Association wants education in artificial intelligence
Dyslexics can benefit greatly from the new opportunities with artificial intelligence and therefore want training to use it as an assistive tool. However, Ida Gertz-Jensen, chairman of the Danish Teachers' Association's section for primary and lower secondary schools, is more skeptical about using the tools in this way because it is not about being able to request flawless texts from a machine.
Study on student use of AI
Djøfbladet has conducted a questionnaire survey among more than 1000 Djøf student members. The survey was conducted in May-June 2023.
More than half (54%) of the students answered that they have used artificial intelligence in their studies, and one in five (19%) have used it in connection with exams.
Among the students, in 85% of cases, artificial intelligence has been used as a search engine and 80% for inspiration.
30% of the students do not know the rules for using artificial intelligence in connection with their studies, while 28% know them but believe that the rules are unclear.
You can read the full study here: Artificial intelligence at universities
New articles on Viden.AI
We've published two new articles in the past week.
Visual Search with AI: Bing versus Bard
Claus delves into how language models can perform visual searches in images in this article. This article aligns with "Image Analysis with Artificial Intelligence: MiniGPT-4". The fascinating thing is that artificial intelligence can decode images and describe the content in words.
GDPR-friendly edition of ChatGPT
We've also launched our own GDPR-friendly version of ChatGPT. This is a pilot project where we want to demonstrate that creating a version suitable for teaching is possible. We have received positive feedback on this; many see it as an opportunity to integrate artificial intelligence into the teaching process.
Our version can be tested using a token found at the bottom of the article and intended for members of Viden.AI.
As mentioned, it is a pilot project, and it runs until August 31 or until the funds for the project are exhausted.
News
August 20, 2023 - AIAvisen (Norwegian)
All about NorGPT: The first Norwegian language model
August 18, 2023 - Gymnasium
ChatGPT/AI and fake news as extra challenges: Lex.dk as a small helper in a stressful everyday life
August 17, 2023 - Djøfbladet
Every second student uses AI
August 17, 2023 - University of East Anglia
Fresh evidence of ChatGPT's political bias revealed by comprehensive new study
August 16, 2023 - Venture Beat
Gartner Hype Cycle places generative AI on the 'Peak of Inflated Expectations
16 August 2023 - University College Copenhagen
New knowledge centre to ensure digital technology understanding for all children and young people
August 15, 2023 - Information (behind paywall)
The methods of source criticism cannot be used on AI's chatbots
14 August 2023 - Politiken (behind paywall)
Concerned researchers: Artificial intelligence will revolutionize the labour market – are we ready for it?
August 14, 2023 – Insider
A theoretical physicist says AI is just a 'glorified tape recorder' and people's fears about it are overblown
August 13, 2023 - The Washington Post
Professors have a summer assignment: Prevent ChatGPT chaos in the fall
Recommendation of the week
Martin Johannessen publishes a weekly newsletter about artificial intelligence in schools. Although the newsletters are in Norwegian, they are well-prepared and worth following:
This news is written by high school teachers and is aimed at anyone interested in artificial intelligence in the education sector. The text is not written using AI (like everything else on Viden.AI), and the content is not designed or formulated to satisfy search engines or computers. It is entirely man-made content written for humans.