Apr 16
Bits & Bytes hosts Anna Rafferty on "Case studies in building GenAI systems to support education: Challenges and Opportunities"
Bits & Bytes hosts Anna Rafferty on "Case studies in building GenAI systems to support education: Challenges and Opportunities"
Abstract: Generative AI (GenAI) seems to be everywhere, and too often, the framing around GenAI systems lacks nuance, offering them either as a universal solution to any problem or as a solely dystopian force. Part of the problem is a lack of principled evaluation: criteria for success are neither articulated nor evaluated. In this talk, I'll share my work on two projects that make use of GenAI to support education: one on enabling a GenAI chatbot for middle school math to generate plots, intended to promote students' conceptual understanding, and the other exploring GenAI for writing-based assessment. Both projects highlight the importance of iterative, human design and layered evaluations, which can themselves be made more scalable using LLM; further, they offer insight into research leveraging GenAI as tools while maintaining human-centered goals.
Join us for treats, beverages, community and conversation.