US Secretary for Education Linda McMahon attended the ASU + GSV Summit this week, where educational and technology experts met to discuss the impact of AI on learning.
While speaking on a panel on AI on the job market, McMahon has repeatedly called the “A1” AI, as the steak sauce.
“You know, the development of AI – I mean, how can we educate at the speed of light if we don't have the best technology to do this?” She said. “I heard … that there was a school system that would start to make sure that the first-year students, or even the pre-KS, have an A1 teaching each year, starting as far in the classes. It's a wonderful thing! “
In the defense of McMahon, it does not seem that she really thinks that artificial intelligence is abbreviated “A1”. During the panel, she said “AI” at the start, but became more and less consistent.
“Not so long ago,” we are going to have the internet in our schools! ” “, She continued. “Let's now see A1, and how can it be useful.”
AI is such an omnipresent term that it seems difficult to imagine how we could forget the correct acronym – it is as if a professional athlete has called the major baseball league like the “NFL”.
Sometimes people are moving. No one is perfect. But it looks like a greater puff than usual, especially from the Secretary of Education.
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