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Why hasn’t technology disrupted higher education already?

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The key question about AI and school is about the past

Why hasn’t technology disrupted higher education already? The key question about AI and school is about the past Matthew Yglesias Dec 12, 2022 ∙ Paid 137 229 Share There’s a lot of interest in the question of how large language models may impact education. I don’t have the answer, but I think there’s a more fundamental question worth considering: why have the past 50 years of technological change had so little impact on schooling? The English word “lecture” derives from Medieval Latin’s “lectura” and is cognate with words like “lecteur” (French) and “lector” (Spanish) which mean “reader.” A le

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