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United Nations Presentation

Transformative Technologies

for SDGs

Dr. Cynthia Breazeal

MIT Media Lab

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Personalized AI & Open Platforms A Transformative Technology for SDG #4: Quality

Education for All

Dr. Cynthia Breazeal MIT Media Lab, Personal Robotics Group Founder & Chief Scientist, Jibo Inc.



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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-18/google-shows-off-ai-to-keep-up-with-facebook-amazon-apple

• Intelligent digital assistants. Multi-billion dollar strategic investment of high-tech companies.

• Personalization. Scalable individualized attention.

• Cloud connected devices. Enables AI assistants to engage people wherever & whenever.

• Big data. Necessary for AI assistants to learn, personalize, and improve.

• Platforms + Developer Communities. AI-powered assistance built into developer platforms to accelerate broad application + rapid proliferation.



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Reimagine how we might educate children where traditional methods continue to fall short

INADEQUATE SCHOOLS

NO SCHOOLS

OVER-CROWDED SCHOOLS



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Can we Achieve Universal Literacy by 2030?



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Science of Learning

Reach of Mobile Computing

Data-Driven Innovation

We understand how the brain learns to read

We build intelligent & personalized technologies

We capture big data to understand behavior and

adapt interventions



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The Power of Platform: A Global “Living Lab” Process

SCIENTIFIC

RESEARCH &

INNOVATION

GLOBAL

DEPLOYMENTS

ABC… 123…

DEVELOPER

COMMUNITY &

CONTENT

Adaptive Interface &

Optimized Apps Literacy Apps

Needs & Learnings Data & Learning Outcomes

Personalized &

Adaptive Technology,

Improved Content, &

Better theories of

Learning

Share Data & Results

from Globally Fielded

Studies $10M

educational

apps donated

“Collaboratories”

with Stakeholders in

7 Countries

Open Platform

World Class Institutions in Science

and Technology Innovation

www.curiouslearning.org



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ENGAGE, MEASURE, ASSESS SOCIAL & COLLABORATIVE

REMOTE VILLAGE ETHIOPIA DAYCARE UGANDA SLUM



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Children in remote villages with no access to school. After 1-year deployment.



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NO SCHOOL

results

0

5.5

11

16.5

22

27.5

1-6 7-11 12-17

# S

ubje

cts

Score Ranges

VOCABULARY

0

3.5

7

10.5

14

17.5

2-7 8-11 12+

# S

ubje

cts

Score Ranges

LETTERS

UNDER-RESOURCED SCHOOL

results

0

1

2

3

4

5

A No Tab A Tab B No Tab C No Tab D No Tab

No. Words Decoded 1st Grade

0

3.75

7.5

11.25

15

18.75

A No Tab A Tab B No Tab C No Tab D No Tab

Letter ID - Random Order 1st Grade

South Africa Ethiopia



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Recommendations

Invest in and galvanize global efforts to create an Open Digital Education Platform. Leverage the global community of scientists, innovators, technologists, stakeholders to help solve SDG #4.

Embrace the iterative, data-driven process of digital innovation for effective interventions that are scalable, affordable, rapidly deployable.

Derive solutions and best-practices in the context of “living labs” with stakeholders around the world.

Empower children with no access to school to learn. Boost learning gains for those in school and beyond school.

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