Simon Cullen, an assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s philosophy department, is teaching students how to argue more constructively about controversial subjects.
Can AI Be Used to Reduce Hate, Deepen Student Discussions on Divisive Topics, and Improve Teaching and Learning?
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Online Event
3 PM New York l 9 PM Vienna
The Bard Center for the Study of Hate welcomes Simon Cullen and Nicholas DiBella of Carnegie Mellon University, who will discuss and demonstrate their AI-scaffolded group chat platform for students called Sway, which was recently covered in Inside Higher Ed. Attendees will get hands-on experience with Sway and learn how they can use it.
This AI-facilitated chat marks a significant advancement in the technology available to support human-to-human dialogue. It features a sophisticated AI facilitator that guides discussion in a productive direction, probing the reasons behind students’ beliefs, and steering conversations back to core issues when they get sidetracked as it provides relevant information to ground discussions.