Stephen Downes

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The State of GenAI

Carlo Iacono, May 28, 2025

Good overview of where we're at with generative AI in education (TLDR: we've stopped panicking and started to experiment with the new tools, while the tools themselves are developing beyond their text-only roots). The best bit is saved to near the end: "Perhaps the most important shift has been in our collective attitude towards expertise and authority. The traditional academic model - where knowledge flows from expert to novice - has been thoroughly disrupted.... This has forced a new humility on academics and professionals." It also explains (to me, at least) a lot of the resistance and articles like this insisting AI can't do the things it very obviously does.

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