Automation, Creativity, and Education

New Media Consortium Summer Conference

June 2017

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dlnorman/27513144566/

Suggested ground rules

•Discussion welcome!•Different points of view supported•No embarrassment permitted•Please use social media and mobile

devices…that includes the Google Doc

Taking automation seriously

https://deepmind.com/alphago

• Self-driving car

http://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/

http://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/

Can hardware and software help us create?

Prehistorical signs

•Image filters•Text editor suggestions•Bots

Prehistorical signs

•Siri, Cortana, OK Google•Google search autocomplete •Duolingo•Generative Adversarial Networks (

Means

•Deep learning•Neural networks, trained•Generative Adversarial Networks•convolutional neural network

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/23/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-meta/

Themes

•Spectrum: creating <-> assisting•How does pedagogy change? •Should we speak of artificial creativity?

Possible implications

•Expand curriculum (Cyborg Music Composition 101)

•Develop new, cyborg pedagogies

•And…?

http://bryanalexander.org

http://ftte.us

http://twitter.com/bryanalexander