Every day we butt heads with technology in a myriad of ways, some tiny, some huge. All of them take their toll. Technology should be a wondrous boon! From speech recognition to customised interfaces, it could make life so much easier. The tech industry chooses not to make that kind of tech, or even allow it.
Tag: data science education
Getting past the fear factor
I was out at a tech meetup last week when I mentioned I was going to a conference on stats education this week. “Sounds riveting” said someone, with the deepest sarcasm. The thing is, stats are riveting. Stats are powerful. If we’re not showing kids the magic of it all, how can we expect them to love it like we do?
Evidence Base
It turns out that there's not always good reasons for what we do - particularly for what governments do! In fact, there are good reasons to stop doing them. Dingoes and land management, climate change, deforestation and many many more issues require us to examine the evidence - evidence we already have - and change our ways.
Defiance
On the power of hope, and being troublemakers.
Mark Stickells on AI & the role of Humanities in STEM
Taking a different tack with this episode, a wonderful chat with the remarkable Mark Stickells, AM, CEO of Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, on AI and the role of Humanities in STEM. "I fundamentally believe knowledge is a human insight. And we work with these tools that are incredibly powerful, but can be incredibly stupid." "We… Continue reading Mark Stickells on AI & the role of Humanities in STEM