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Anant Agarwal: AI for Education
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In episode 85 of The Gradient Podcast, Andrey Kurenkov speaks to Anant Agarwal
Anant Agarwal is the chief platform officer of 2U, and founder of edX. Anant taught the first edX course on circuits and electronics from MIT, which drew 155,000 students from 162 countries. He has served as the director of CSAIL, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. He is a successful serial entrepreneur, having co-founded several companies including Tilera Corporation, which created the Tile multicore processor, and Virtual Machine Works.
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Outline:
* (00:00) Intro
* (01:30) History with research
* (05:56) Founding EdX
* (13:05) AI at EdX
* (18:40) Reaction to AI as a teacher
* (25:00) Student interest in AI
* (32:20) AI’s impact on academia
* (35:00) Future of AI in education
* (38:25) AI writing essays
* (43:38) Experiences playing with ChatGPT
Get full access to The Gradient at thegradientpub.substack.com/subscribe
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Manage episode 373917814 series 2975159
In episode 85 of The Gradient Podcast, Andrey Kurenkov speaks to Anant Agarwal
Anant Agarwal is the chief platform officer of 2U, and founder of edX. Anant taught the first edX course on circuits and electronics from MIT, which drew 155,000 students from 162 countries. He has served as the director of CSAIL, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. He is a successful serial entrepreneur, having co-founded several companies including Tilera Corporation, which created the Tile multicore processor, and Virtual Machine Works.
Have suggestions for future podcast guests (or other feedback)? Let us know here or reach us at editor@thegradient.pub
Subscribe to The Gradient Podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pocket Casts | RSSFollow The Gradient on Twitter
Outline:
* (00:00) Intro
* (01:30) History with research
* (05:56) Founding EdX
* (13:05) AI at EdX
* (18:40) Reaction to AI as a teacher
* (25:00) Student interest in AI
* (32:20) AI’s impact on academia
* (35:00) Future of AI in education
* (38:25) AI writing essays
* (43:38) Experiences playing with ChatGPT
Get full access to The Gradient at thegradientpub.substack.com/subscribe
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