Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This short paper makes the point (and creates a framework of sorts) that offline AI can serve pedagogical purposes. "Offline systems make tradeoffs legible - coverage may be narrower and responses slower, but the system's boundedness encourages learners to treat AI output as a proposal to be tested rather than a conclusion to be accepted."

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