Could conversational AI serve as “thinking partners” to stretch our reasoning, deepen reflection, and foster the intellectual agility needed to navigate these turbulent times?
I’ve been giving a series of talks this year, including to the Societal Impact of AI Symposium at UNSW Sydney, and the international Online Teacher Education Conference. I was honoured most recently to contribute to The Hong Kong Polytechnic Educational Design Centre’s International Dialogues on Educational Transformation — Replay • Slides
Session Description: As overlapping global crises reshape our world, education faces a profound challenge – how do we prepare students to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and systemic collapse? In this webinar, Prof. Simon Buckingham Shum argues that conversational AI offers more than efficiency and that it can serve as a “thinking partner” to stretch our reasoning, deepen reflection, and foster the intellectual agility needed to navigate turbulent times. Drawing on his recent work, Prof. Buckingham Shum will explore how dialogical AI tools might help educators and learners engage with the deep uncertainties of the polycrisis era. Join us and don’t miss this opportunity to rethink what it means to think with AI in challenging times.”
