A Techno-Hobbyist and Corpus Linguist Walk into a Petri Dish Part I

Higher education is facing a crossroads that looks a lot like the early days of the pandemic. Artificial Intelligence has forced a sudden evolution, allowing us to revisit our training based on first principles. Linguistic expert Jerid Francom riffs on the explosion of possibilities and the foundations of the pedagogical process as we charge ahead. We explore the tension between efficiency and intellectual growth, and why we must protect the process of learning before it’s replaced by a finished product.