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Learning for the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Learning for the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Describes eight competences needed for the age of AI and discusses how to teach them.

2019

Alan M. Lesgold

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Approaching Professional Reskilling Like We Approach Technology Transfer in Universities

I explore how universities learned to take ideas developed by their faculty and turn them into valued products and services, something…

17 min readSep 15, 2023

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Approaching Professional Reskilling Like We Approach Technology Transfer in Universities

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Can Universities Prepare People for the Future of Work?

Alan Lesgold and Michael Bridges, August 14, 2023

27 min readAug 21, 2023

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Can Universities Prepare People for the Future of Work?

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The Second Tower of Babel

A side effect of generative AI could be further fractionation of our society.

4 min readMay 29, 2023

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The Second Tower of Babel

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Personal Skills Advisors

Universities must do more to respond to the increased need for agile lifelong education and the difficulties people face in deciding what…

10 min readApr 28, 2023

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Personal Skills Advisors

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Standardized Tests: What We Learn from GPT-4

Standardized tests are used to screen applicants for work training programs and colleges; they also are used for licensure for many roles…

17 min readApr 7, 2023

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Toward a New Hidden Curriculum

More than thirty years ago, Philip Jackson observed that schools have a “hidden curriculum” designed to prepare students for productive…

11 min readMar 1, 2022

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Toward a New Hidden Curriculum

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Are Schools Preparing Our Children for Life?

Lack of basic education seriously hampers a person’s ability to have a decent life and precludes employment that can provide a livable…

20 min readDec 17, 2021

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Are Schools Preparing Our Children for Life?

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About Work — Introducing Ourselves

A Periodic Blog Moderated by Lia DiBello, Alan Lesgold, and Steve Reder

9 min readNov 18, 2021

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A Human Not Easily Replaced by a Computer Was Born 100 Years Ago Today

Dad combined deep learning with strong symbolic reasoning. Is simulating him successfully a better approach than Turing’s test?

4 min readFeb 15, 2021

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Allowing Everyone a Chance at the American Dream

The story of Joseph’s dreams reminds us that we need to make changes so that everyone has a chance at the American Dream.

5 min readDec 13, 2020

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Alan Lesgold

Alan Lesgold

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Emeritus professor of education, psychology, and intelligent systems and former education dean at University of Pittsburgh.

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