Silicon Over Ivy - The Shift from the Traditional B-School MBA | Ep. 116

In this episode of ChatEDU, Silicon Over Ivy - The Shift from the Traditional B-School MBA, Matt and Liz kick it off with a hilarious look at the "In the Weights" web app, a tool that reveals how people are represented inside AI models when offline. They discover that the app identifies their boss, Jon Costa, as a prominent Brazilian funk singer from Rio de Janeiro known by his stage name, John John. The Rundown Overture Games, an after-school program in Chicago and Boston, teaches elementary students foundational AI concepts with paper and pencil instead of screens. The National Council of Teachers of English released a first-of-its-kind framework guiding ELA educators on critical thinking and ethical AI integration. A group of UK teenagers trained a private AI model on two decades of past exam papers to predict up to 90% of their national exam questions. Norway introduced a near-total ban on generative AI for elementary students while allowing cautious, supervised use for secondary learners. A grant-funded partnership between The College of New Jersey and Mercer County Technical Schools trains high school students in AI and robotics for the workforce. A German court ruled that Google is legally liable for misinformation appearing in its automated AI search summaries, rejecting traditional free speech protections for the technology. 48 state attorneys general are examining OpenAI regarding model sycophancy and related platform problems for consumers and citizens in the US. Anthropic announced a 150 million dollar national fellowship program to place 1,000 early career professionals inside American non profit organizations to expand AI infrastructure. The Beneath the Surface Matt talks with MasterClass founder and CEO David Rogier about generative AI and education: how language models are reshaping business, challenging the traditional MBA, and creating new opportunities and risks for organizations. The Bright Byte The episode closes with Dr. Francesca Dominici's Harvard National Institute of Health lecture on her lab's foundation model, which merges health records, census data, and US Medicare data to forecast extreme-weather adaptation while reckoning with data-center energy use. Announcements Purchase Learning They'll Love - Dr. Elizabeth Radday Amazon - https://tinyurl.com/22t9hz77 Seeing through the Machine – Teaching Bias as an Equity Practice in AI - Dr. Elizabeth Radday - https://tinyurl.com/4ybwkn7a Check out our middle / high school Student AI Literacy course - ​​⁠⁠⁠www.skills21.org/ai/learnai⁠⁠⁠ Explore Skills21’s FREE social media literacy curriculum - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.skills21.org/social-balance⁠⁠⁠ Address Screen Time concerns - ⁠skills21.org/ai/screenshift⁠ Sponsors The National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing: Your Gateway to Next Generation Advanced Manufacturing - https://www.nextgenmfg.org Links MasterClass Executive https://mstr.cl/ExecutiveChatEDU In the Weights https://tinyurl.com/4xdktpdh After-school program teaching kids to use ai without screens https://tinyurl.com/ya3r7htr Artificial Intelligence English Language Arts Framework for ELA Teachers in Grades 6-12 https://tinyurl.com/4tsfhsca How a group of teens might have just used AI to accurately predict this year’s exam questions https://tinyurl.com/2v5hn2dc Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school https://tinyurl.com/ynxer75e TCNJ and Mercer County Technical Schools launch AI and robotics dual enrollment pathway to build New Jersey’s future workforce https://tinyurl.com/5n8bw5ck A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews https://tinyurl.com/5akf55xy OpenAI Investigated by Coalition of State Attorneys General https://tinyurl.com/bp9c8uv7 Reducing Burden, Increasing Impact https://tinyurl.com/2sb4yprv Introducing Claude Corps https://tinyurl.com/2syyz8rd AI: Solution or Obstacle for Healthy Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events? https://tinyurl.com/573f553m