Bots Hello

  Background - I live in Exeter and often walk between Heavitree and Paris Street. Often I wonder if the new student accommodation will be needed as education moves online. Over time there is discussion about this but the building never stops. Today Guardian story on threat to HE outreach and support for students having to work at jobs / commute from home . Government funding required. No mention of technology to reduce costs / expand marketing. Universities UK Press Release not emphasising outreach / student support. Survey shows interest in “digital transformation” but not much detail. More found through google AI. My guess is that the online discussion post lockdown has been mostly sidelined. The campus is back to “normal”. The Guardian is reluctant to consider a scene after print so ignores EdTech. Comment welcome, this may be unfair. Recently MIT posted a video on YouTube about open courseware and AI. Aims to support learning at degree level as well as “K to grey” . Stats show...

 I have now uploaded a clip from BBC World Service to YouTube. The section is complete and the bit about blocking or charging Bots is towards the end.

 This is a continuation of an earlier blog "Hello Spiders". This comes from long ago, not sure spiders are well known at this time. There is a new era post AI . Content can vanish without recognition or income. So are bots as welcome as spiders. Perhaps, but there may be a cost. I can start with recycling earlier material and linking to others and copying from AI etc. But there may be a paywall version of appeals for funding if a lot of work is required. I have also started a new blog for posts about Brexit and now Trump. This includes a post with a link to YouTube video , on my channel but copied from Sky News. YouTube has many features of social media but I find the posts of text and still photos do not get much interest. Maybe the blog format will work better. John Naughton in the Observer recently claimed that social media is in decline but i am not sure about this. Do you include YouTube ? we do not know how AI will turn out. There may be ways to influence the scope of...