Michael Webb's Blog

AI, Education, Creativity and Society.

  • The first ‘teacher-less’ classroom

    I guess a lot of you have seen the news stories about the first ‘teacher-less’ classroom. Here’s the Sky news article and here’s the actually description of the course. Some things to note: * It’s £27,000 a year* 3 ‘learning coaches’ support groups of 20 students.* The ‘learning coach’ mentioned was an-ex teacher.* The students…

  • What is AI Sovereignty and why does it matter for education?

    The phrases ‘Data Sovereignty’, ‘Digital Sovereignty’, and ‘AI Sovereignty’ are coming up more and more, so I thought it would be useful to try to unpack them, and understand why they matter.  The terms sound similar, but I’d argue that they are in fact, quite different, with very different concerns. Data Sovereignty is concerned with control…

  • AI Music Generation

    I’m just catching up on some of the hyped AI apps from the last week or so. One that’s got a lot of attention is music generator Udio. I’ve had a quick play with it, and it’s fun and easy to use. I think the results are perfectly serviceable for some use cases. Basic music…

  • A memory feature in ChatGPT

    OpenAI has announced a new memory feature in ChatGPT. The idea is that it will ‘remember’ key facts about you to help it respond more effectively. At first glance, this seems like a great idea. The types of examples provided include: > Remembering your job to make responses more relevant.> Recalling your preferences for document…