"Talk More. Fight Less": A Demonstration of the SWAY Chat Platform
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
3:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Online Event
3 PM New York l 9 PM Vienna
The Bard Center for the Study of Hate presents an online opportunity to try out SWAY, a new AI-based platform for engaging difficult conversations. BCSH recently hosted a webinar on how AI be used to reduce hate, deepen student discussions of divisive topics, and improve teaching and learning.
Simon Cullen and Nicholas DiBella of Carnegie Mellon University discussed and demonstrated their AI-scaffolded group chat platform for students called SWAY, which was chronicled in Inside Higher Ed. Cullen and DiBella are now offering an opportunity for OSUN faculty, students, staff to try out this new technology.
SWAY connects students with differing perspectives into one-on-one chats and facilitates better discussions between them. Inspired by John Stuart Mill's radical view that engaging with opposing perspectives is an essential tool for improving reasoning and solving complex problems, SWAY aims to create online environments where students can discuss controversial issues more openly and constructively.