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Adam Cook

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Engineer focused on #Robotics, #ControlSystems, #SystemsSafety, #Manufacturing and #Simulation.  #ManufacturingOpen Contributor.  #Purdue Engineering alum.  Living in #Detroit. He/Him.
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Joined October 28, 2022

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Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Apr 04, 2023

Replying to @geoffreyfowler@federated.press

@geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost Great article and analysis! This needs *far* more attention. I am left wondering through... what is the demographical breakdown of the student populations where this "tool" is deployed? A door left open for teacher bias will likely disproportionally target students of color.

Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Mar 29, 2023

Replying to @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social

@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social 🎉🎉🎉

Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Feb 23, 2023

Replying to @seatsixtyone@mas.to

@seatsixtyone@mas.to If we could get anything close to this in the US... Well... I can dream anyways.

Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Jan 21, 2023

Replying to @chucker@norden.social

@chucker@norden.social @msw@mstdn.social @jiva@devoe.social @mrzaius@hachyderm.io @uliwitness@chaos.social Sure. To be clear, I am not ignoring the tradeoffs and the corporate tax issues. I am just looking at it from an extremely simplistic perspective... small charitable organizations and non-profits received some money that they would not have otherwise. I am happy for those organizations that benefited.

Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Jan 20, 2023

Replying to @msw@mstdn.social

@msw@mstdn.social @jiva@devoe.social @mrzaius@hachyderm.io @uliwitness@chaos.social Gotcha! 😉 I can get onboard with that.

Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Jan 20, 2023

Replying to @msw@mstdn.social

@msw@mstdn.social @jiva@devoe.social @mrzaius@hachyderm.io @uliwitness@chaos.social It seems to me that if those Reddit posts are accurate, Amazon created this program purely out of self-interest. Perhaps a word choice that is too harsh on my part? I am open to that. I suppose that, at the end of the day, it does not matter much how it is defined. If small charities got paid, I am not going to knock Amazon for that. Sad to see AmazonSmile go then, I guess... as those charities may not receive what they did before.

Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Jan 20, 2023

Replying to @jiva@devoe.social

@jiva@devoe.social @mrzaius@hachyderm.io @uliwitness@chaos.social I am with you on this. If this program benefitted small charities that do not possess large donation machinery and that would have otherwise received less if not for AmazonSmile, I am pleased to hear it. I think the truth of the program's origin should be known, but I can see the positive side here - even if Amazon did it ultimately for cynical reasons.

Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Jan 12, 2023

Replying to @ZingerLearns@qoto.org

@ZingerLearns@qoto.org @edutooters@a.gup.pe Yup. That is a good way to put it - it is another (potential) tool in the toolbox. And, the reality is, ChatGPT exists and will exist when students leave engineering school. No sense in fighting it. Frankly, and I am seeing positive signs of this, the ideas of embracing creative, real-world (non-textbook) engineering education is increasing in many institutions by necessity. Embracing more sophisticated tools is an integral part of that!

Adam Cook @adamjcook@mastodon.social · Jan 12, 2023

Replying to @ZingerLearns@qoto.org

@ZingerLearns@qoto.org @edutooters@a.gup.pe At least from what I have seen so far from #ChatGPT... educators in #engineering schools need not worry about cheating and actual student education outcomes. It is exceedingly brittle against anything more than extremely simple logical problems - providing non-sensical answers for the rest. But more than that, computer-based engineering tools have substantially increased in sophistication for decades now anyways.

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