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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Tables are covered with high-tech laboratory equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, autoclaves, and laboratory water baths. Allowing 35 students to pick their own research projects requires more than Pedersen’s attention. Pedersen says the lack of testing allows more time for laboratory experimentation.

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JUNE 4, 2024

A video demo of the latest version of ChatGPT tutoring a student that went viral on YouTube has brought fresh attention to this question. And yes, when I was a freshman at MIT, I sought out for my freshman adviser and he ended up being my freshman adviser, Patrick Henry Winston , who was head of the artificial intelligence laboratory.

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MAY 18, 2017

Algorithms will one day play a pivotal role in teaching and learning, so colleges need to pay close attention to how they work and who builds them. But she has real ambivalence about how adaptive learning is moving from the laboratory to the classroom.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

And to be fair, Carol Dweck has acknowledged that this is part of her research program, so I'm not criticizing her particularly. This is no different than having laboratory studies that suggest a particular treatment might cure cancer, only to find out that it doesn't work as well when you try to use that in patients.

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