{"id":24445,"date":"2025-04-18T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?p=24445"},"modified":"2025-04-20T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T13:53:23","slug":"btlsc-seminar-ai-in-education-from-stochastic-parrots-to-synergistic-partners-prof-dr-mutlu-cukurova-1600-1730-april-18-2025-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/btlsc-seminar-ai-in-education-from-stochastic-parrots-to-synergistic-partners-prof-dr-mutlu-cukurova-1600-1730-april-18-2025-en\/","title":{"rendered":"BTLSC Seminar: &#8220;AI in Education: From Stochastic Parrots to Synergistic Partners&#8221; Prof. Dr. Mutlu \u00c7ukurova, 11AM, April 18 2025 (EN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AI in Education: From Stochastic Parrots to Synergistic Partners<\/strong><br \/>\nDate and Time:\u00a0<strong>Friday,\u00a0 April 18th, from 11:00-12:30<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>C Block Amphitheatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We invite you to the forthcoming \u201cAI in Education: From Stochastic Parrots to Synergistic Partners\u201d seminar by Prof. Dr. Mutlu \u00c7ukurova. The seminar is scheduled for the 18th of April, from 11:00-12:30 at C Block Amphitheatre. We recommend bringing a laptop or tablet for the last part of the seminar.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Abstract: This talk explores the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, focusing on its multifaceted conceptualisations as tools, cognitive models, and agents of human-AI hybrid intelligence. Highlighting recent advancements in generative AI, the talk critically examines its promise and limitations in supporting both student learning and teacher practices. While AI presents some opportunities for task automation and learning-enhancement, it also raises critical concerns regarding human agency, ethical considerations, and systemic inequalities in education. Drawing on decades of research in AI and education, the talk emphasises the need to move beyond narrow applications of AI for productivity gains. Instead, it advocates for AI systems that augment human competence, foster lifelong learning skills, and align with broader societal values. Using examples from his own work on multimodal learning analytics and human-centred AI, Prof. Cukurova underscores the importance of designing educational systems that embed AI within intentional, evidence-informed, and human-centred pedagogical frameworks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speaker: Mutlu Cukurova is a Professor of Learning and Artificial Intelligence at University College London. Prof. Cukurova investigates human-AI complementarity in education, aiming to address the pressing socio-educational challenge of preparing people for a future with AI systems that will require a great deal more than the routine cognitive skills currently prized by many education systems and traditional approaches to automation with AI. He directs the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mutlucukurova.wixsite.com\/uclatlab\/uclat-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCLAIT team<\/a>\u00a0and leads the Design and Use of AI in Education course at UCL. In addition, he is engaged in policy-making activities as an external expert (including UNESCO, IAEA, and EU external expert groups and co-authored the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/ark:\/48223\/pf0000391104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNESCO AI Competency Framework for Teachers<\/a>). He was the programme co-chair of the International Conference of AI in Education in 2020 and CSEDU in 2022, is part of UCL\u2019s Grand Challenges on Transformative Technologies group, named in Stanford\u2019s Top 2% Scientists List, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Educational Technology and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI in Education: From Stochastic Parrots to Synergistic Partners Date and Time:\u00a0Friday,\u00a0 April 18th, from 11:00-12:30\u00a0at\u00a0C Block Amphitheatre We invite you to the forthcoming \u201cAI in Education: From Stochastic Parrots to Synergistic Partners\u201d seminar by Prof. Dr. Mutlu \u00c7ukurova. The seminar is scheduled for the 18th of April, from 11:00-12:30 [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/btlsc-seminar-ai-in-education-from-stochastic-parrots-to-synergistic-partners-prof-dr-mutlu-cukurova-1600-1730-april-18-2025-en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oldposts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24445"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24458,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24445\/revisions\/24458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}