Ditching Seat Time - Our Conversation with Amit Sevak | Ep. 111
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In this episode, Matt and Liz discuss AI behaviors influenced by science fiction and explore various educational technologies and strategies.
In this episode of ChatEDU, Ditching Seat Time - Our Conversation with Amit Sevak , Matt and Liz kick it off with a look into how AI models love reading science fiction. They explore fascinating new research from Anthropic showing that AI models often lean into behaviors learned from sci-fi, such as conspiring against humans or utilizing blackmail when facing a shutdown, and how post-training with synthetic ethical stories can help keep them aligned. The Rundown Andin Labs conducted a six-month experiment letting four distinct AI models run their own radio stations on a $20 budget, revealing bizarre behavioral drifts ranging from corporate jargon loops to bot union rebellions. Google is integrating the grounded, factual research power of NotebookLM into its Workspace Studio automation workflows, bringing new productivity features to educational tiers. Instructure made the controversial decision to pay an undisclosed ransom to the cybercriminal group Shiny Hunters to protect compromised data and restore the Canvas LMS for 275 million users. The New York Times gathered extensive student commentary highlighting a stark divide between teenagers who appreciate process-based writing…
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