While tech companies seek opportunities to pile into the A.I. craze, Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda is voicing some caution on this new tech trend.
As generative A.I. makes its way into the ed-tech and online education sector, Coursera’s chief executive officer says he’s “pretty worried” about the danger of artificial intelligence.
Currently Coursera (COUR) is implementing A.I. as a learning coach- essentially acting as a “really smart tutor that can read all the material and explain it,” says Maggioncalda. However according the chief executive, caution with artificial intelligence comes with system controls. Once A.I. starts controlling systems, Maggioncalda says one has to be thoughtful about the “optimization that A.I. is pursuing...and what is our ability to monitor and control" its capabilities.
Click here for Yahoo Finance's Brad Smith and Brian Sozzi's full interview with Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda.
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00:00:06 Coursera's use of A.I.
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