Professional, Continuing, and Online Education Update by UPCEA
Daily updates of news, research and trends by UPCEA
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
5 tips for using artificial intelligence in your work routine - Samuel M. Jay, Metropolital University Denver
UTEP to use faculty survey results to enhance campus’ AI strategy - Daniel Perez, El Paso Matters!
Developing next generation women leaders for—and beyond—your organization - Emily McNabb and Marie Christine Padberg, McKinsey
Monday, March 18, 2024
The Future of Work: Insights for 2024 and Beyond - Kellie Hanna, Build My Resume
Three ways libraries are championing the open access movement - Karen Glover, Times Higher Education
The open access movement has progressed very slowly over the past few decades. Recent changes to US federal guidelines for grant funding have rejuvenated the conversation around a sustainable open access publishing model. Although the perfect publishing model has yet to present itself, libraries have worked diligently to support this initiative over the years and have a vested interest in free access to information. One of the core missions of libraries is to provide equitable access to information in perpetuity. The open access movement fits nicely with that mission, so it makes sense that libraries would support and advocate for open access.
AMAZON AGI TEAM SAY THEIR AI IS SHOWING "EMERGENT ABILITIES" WHOA. - NOOR AL-SIBAI, the Byte
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Artificial Superintelligence Could Arrive by 2027, Scientist Predicts: It's a bold prediction. - NOOR AL-SIBAI, Futurism
Inflection AI launches new model for Pi chatbot, nearly matches GPT-4 - Shubham Sharma, Venture Beat
Generative AI fuels creative physical product design but is no magic wand - Bryce Booth, Jack Donohew, Chris Wlezien, and Winnie Wu, McKinsey
From product packaging to car components and retail displays, gen AI enables industrial designers to explore more ideas and product experiences, including previously unimagined ones, and develop initial design concepts significantly faster than with traditional methods. Additionally, with the ability to visualize concepts in high fidelity much earlier in the design process, companies can elicit more precise feedback from consumers as they work to fine-tune every element of the user experience (see images below). In product research and design alone, McKinsey estimates gen AI could unlock $60 billion in productivity.1
Saturday, March 16, 2024
How to Fix the Crisis of Trust in Higher Education - Jessica Grose, NY Times
A few long-term trends have combined to create this growing crisis. One is the declining birthrate since the Great Recession, which is causing an “enrollment cliff” based on the numbers of potential students turning 18 over the next decade. The other is the decline in Americans’ confidence in higher education. According to Gallup, in terms of party identification, that decline is sharpest among Republicans. Still, all of the demographic groups that Gallup assessed registered a significant decline in confidence since 2015.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/opinion/college-enrollment.html
OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted ‘absolute control’ of the company - Alex Heath and Elizabeth Lopatto, the Verge
These Companies Have a Plan to Kill Apps - Julian Chokkattu, Wired
Friday, March 15, 2024
Intelligent.com Survey Finds 4 in 10 College Students Use ChatGPT For Assignments - Intelligent.com
University launches compulsory artificial intelligence module - Jing Liu, Times Higher Ed
Warren Buffett Says Integrity Is the No. 1 Trait to Hire For. Ask These 4 Questions to Screen Out the Impostors - Marcel Schwantes, Inc.
Warren Buffett is a firm believer in hiring the right people. He famously stated, "Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don't have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it, it's true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy." That's a great quote worth dissecting further. The Oracle of Omaha places the highest value on integrity because he believes that without it, intelligence and energy can be misguided and even harmful.
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Many Gen Z employees say ChatGPT is giving better career advice than their bosses - CNBC
U.S. Wants to Let States Enforce Their Own Regulations for Online Education - Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed
Captain's log: the irreducible weirdness of prompting AIs - Ethan Mollick, One Useful Thing
I have spent a lot of time with GPT-4, and I had a good intuition for its “personality.” I get how it “thinks.” You can learn this sort of intuition by putting in the time to experiment yourself. People who use AI a lot are often able to glance at a prompt and tell you why it might succeed or fail. Like all forms of expertise, this comes with experience - usually at least 10 hours of work with a model. And while most advanced models work in similar ways, if I want to get really good at a new model, like Google Advanced, that takes another 10 hours to learn its quirks. Plus, models evolve over time, so the way you use GPT-4 now is different than a few months ago, requiring even more time.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Uncharted Territory: Artificial General Intelligence and Higher Ed - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
Imagine a time in the not-too-distant future in which AGI is firmly established in society and higher education faces the pressing need to reconfigure and reinvent itself. It is becoming increasingly clear that the advent of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is upon us. OpenAI includes in its mission that it “aims to maximize the positive impact of AGI while minimizing harm.” The research organization recognizes that AGI won’t create a utopia, but they strive to ensure that its benefits are widespread and that it doesn’t exacerbate existing inequalities. Some say that elements of AGI will be seen in GPT-5 that OpenAI says is currently in prerelease testing. GPT-5 is anticipated to be available by the end of this year or in 2025. Others suggest that Magic AI, the expanding artificial intelligence (AI) developer and coding assistant, may have already developed a version of AGI.
AI is much more of an opportunity than a threat to universities - Max Lu, Times Higher Ed
The truth about women’s ambition - McKinsey
The notion that work and life are incompatible, and that one comes at the expense of the other, is an outdated one. In fact, most women are taking more steps to prioritize their personal lives, but they remain just as committed to their careers and just as interested in advancing as women who aren’t taking more steps, say McKinsey’s Emily Field, Alexis Krivkovich, Lareina Yee, and coauthors in the latest Women in the Workplace report, developed in partnership with LeanIn.Org. Flexibility is fueling that ambition: a majority of women report having more focused time to get their work done when they work remotely. As Women’s History Month kicks off, check out these insights to bust more myths about the state of women at work and learn how companies, and society at large, can help support and advance women.
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/the-truth-about-womens-ambition