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First AI + Education Summit is an international push for โAI fluencyโ
This summer, 350 participants came to MIT to dive into a question that is, so far, outpacing answers: How can education still create opportunities for all when digital literacy is no longer enough โ a world in which students now need to have AI fluency? Theย AI + Education Summit was hosted by theย MIT RAISE Initiative…
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โThey can see themselves shaping the world they live inโ
During the journey from the suburbs to the city, the tree canopy often dwindles down as skyscrapers rise up. A group of New England Innovation Academy students wondered why that is. โOur friend Victoria noticed that where we live in Marlborough there are lots of trees in our own backyards. But if you drive just…
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The power of App Inventor: Democratizing possibilities for mobile applications
In June 2007, Apple unveiled the first iPhone. But the company made a strategic decision about iPhone software: its new App Store would be a walled garden. An iPhone user wouldnโt be able to install applications that Apple itself hadnโt vetted, at least not without breaking Appleโs terms of service. That business decision, however, left…
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MIT Generative AI Week fosters dialogue across disciplines
In late November, faculty, staff, and students from across MIT participated in MIT Generative AI Week. The programming included a flagship full-day symposium as well as four subject-specific symposia, all aimed at fostering a dialogue about the opportunities and potential applications of generative artificial intelligence technologies across a diverse range of disciplines. โThese events are…
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Making life friendlier with personal robots
โAs a child, I wished for a robot that would explain othersโ emotions to meโ says Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist in the Media Labโs Personal Robots Group (PRG). Growing up in Saudi Arabia, Alghowinem says she dreamed of coming to MIT one day to develop Arabic-based technologies, and of creating a robot that could…
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Artificial intelligence for augmentation and productivity
The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing has awarded seed grants to seven projects that are exploring how artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction can be leveraged to enhance modern work spaces to achieve better management and higher productivity. Funded by Andrew W. Houston โ05 and Dropbox Inc., the projects are intended to be interdisciplinary…