Artificial Intelligence aids real intelligence.

Saw this press release today about a company that is doing very well creating eLearning tools.  This type of education material is becoming more and more popular in the technology arena because its so affordable, and such a positive experience for its users.  And of course, I just love the creative side of this technology.

uMind Artificial Intelligence Software Poised to Take Over eLearning World

A result of 10 years of research and development, uMind will deliver two pioneering platforms that teach rather than simply deploy content. Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence, uSim and uLearn estimate, control, and anticipate learner behavior. They build and modify the learning path in real-time and generate advanced pedagogical strategies according to the learner’s needs. They assist and guide the learner throughout the course and provide him with relevant, adapted feedback in real-time.

While this type of educational experience has been available for some time, this approach blends the use dynamic training techniques that adapt for the student.  This made me ponder the question of identifying learning disabilities based on individual responses.  If the system can tell what restricts the flow of information into your brain, the system can alter its approach to get you to absorb the knowledge.

Its almost as if our brains have certain filters to outside information, and that by finding the right access, port, or protocol, we can assimilate information easier.  Of course this leads to one of my favorite subjects, bio-implants, and particularly neural implants. What protocol will be used when we want to communicate directly with our brain?  And since every brain is slightly different, there will have to be some variability to establishing these pathways.

AI is going to play a big role in this area of course.  Not so much in the sense of intelligent lifeforms, but more in identifying the different patterns by which human beings receive and process information.  Think about this.  If I develop a math co-processor neural bio-implant for the human brain, the system needs to communicate those messages in a language that our brains can understand, regardless of what language we speak.  The same implants will have to work for people who are dyslexic.  Who's ready for an implant?   

Comments

[David]

Hey Bob,

If fact you are absolutely right about the brain. It does have certain filters to outside information; in our lab research we found that the alpha, beta and theta channels all have to be within specific intervals to optimize learning acquisition and retention. The brain is a mysterious and quite complicated device.

And as you said, AI plays a large role since machine can come to conclusions a lot faster than we can when it comes to deploying 1000 different learning paths to 1000 different learners.

Thanks for the post,
and good luck with the new(ish) blog,

David Abitbol
uMind

[Bob McGinley]

Hey David, thanks for the comment. Glad you were able to find some feedback for your press release. Looks like you have a good product there. I wish you the best with it. Let me know when you think uMind is ready for direct cortex inputs. I won't volunteer, but I'd sure like to be there for the testing.

Bob