Tag: Assistive Technology
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AI, Critical Thinking, and the Skill of Effective Prompting: A Personal Lesson
There’s a lot of debate about AI these days. Critics point to concerns about stolen materials used in training datasets, the environmental impact of massive data centers, and fears that AI will replace human workers. I understand these concerns (they’re valid and deserve serious consideration). Nevertheless, as someone with communication disability who has benefited from…
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Indigenous Assistive Technology?
This morning as I continue to listen Dark Emu audio book as I was eating breakfast, Bruce Pascoe continued to describe the technological building techniques the Indigenous people in Australia used before being colonised. Listening to Pascoe discuss the different types of buildings the Aboriginals erected all across the country for permanent housing, food storage…
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The End is only the Begining
At the time of the year when I usually, like many, try to wind down coming into Christmas, I find myself having to get motivated to get back into work again. It has been an extremely busy and full-on quarter of a year with two overseas trips, numerous presentation and receiving new equipment that I…