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7 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2022: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs

ED Surge

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are powering the latest generation of edtechs According to HolonIQ, spend on AI and ML is expected to grow to $6B by 2025. To implement these technologies, edtechs must first establish a solid foundation and strategy.

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

For example, something that in the past needed “human persuasion” might be “automated” by something like gamification—but then more of it can be done, with new needs for design, analytics, management, etc. And that term immediately brings to mind wages, economics, etc. We’ve been talking about “jobs”. But plenty is also not.

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

In 1956 McCarthy had been one of the organizers of the conference that coined the term “artificial intelligence”, and in 1958 McCarthy began the development of LISP (which was based on linked lists ). Ed remained friends with McCarthy for the rest of McCarthy’s life, and involved him in many of his endeavors.