ChatGPT
cloud-based / online-learning solutions & "platforms"
EdTech "products"
"educating" millions of "customers"
narrative education
embedded, "walled-garden" AI tutoring systems
AIED artefacts (both education-with-AI as well as education-about-AI artefacts)
magic
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (Arthur C. Clark, 1962)
Learner States (Vertices) :: Represent child's current or potential level of knowledge and skill in a specific domain.
Activities (Edges) that move the learner from one state to another, categorized as:
Listen:: The child listens to a story or explanation.
Imitate:: The child repeats phrases or mimics patterns.
Narrate:: The child retells stories or creates new ones.
Test:: The child answers questions or solves problems.
Feedback:: The NP provides corrective or reinforcing feedback.
Pupil's Profile:: Personal interests, preferences, and learning needs.
Knowledge State:: Current mastery level in various subjects.
Learning Objectives:: Specific curricular goals targeted during the session.
The concept of Non-Player Educators (NPEs) extends the idea of AI agents serving as interactive educational companions. In the NP system:
Role Modeling: NPEs can embody various characters or personas within stories, modeling behaviors and conveying lessons.
Diversity of Perspectives: Multiple NPEs can provide different viewpoints, enriching the educational content.
Consistency and Patience: As AI-driven entities, NPEs offer consistent interactions and infinite patience, accommodating the child’s pace.
In technical terms, NPEs are realized by means of individual Low-Rank Adaptors (LoRA) which are loaded and unloaded atop the underlying language model.
uses reflected, non-emitted light (i.e., E-Ink rather than LED or OLED) to display content
ideally consists of multiple pages that can be read on both sides and are bound together using special binding techniques,
is equipped with both internal and external content encoding on the front and back covers and can include an additional layer of protection (e.g., a protective cover),
has a standardized format (e.g., A5) that allows it to be easily carried in existing wearables (e.g., school bags) and stored or archived in existing furniture (e.g., bookshelves)
Linux
open-source voice identification (Speechbrain), speech-to-text (DeepSpeech 2, whisper), speech-to-text (XTTS2, bark) and text-to-image (Stable Diffusion)
small language models (Llama-3-SauerkrautLM-8b-Instruct, udkai/Turdus, Ministral...)
ChromaDB vector database (embeddings through NV-Embed-v1)
on-demand loading of LoRA adapter through LoRAx (loraexchange.ai)
Kastalia Knowledge Management System for lesson & learning graph management
https://github.com/hromi/personal_Primer https://github.com/hromi/primer-backend
form-factor: A5 size
computational core: NVIDIA Orin
main input modalities: microphone, gesture sensors,
main output modalities: speakers, electrophoretic (e-ink) display(s)
other peripherals attachable through standard USB-C and 40-pin GPIO connectors
NVMe disk, WLAN cards (both fully operational)
power-related: solar-panel positive
our current main challenge: thermal regulation
spectacular things are already happening in "open source" branch of AIED
with USA gradually becoming the prey of the dark side, immediate deployment of "walled garden" approaches is of utmost importance
all "bricks " to build Your educational "cathedral" are available out there (GitHub, Huggingface) and ready to serve
the future will be more weird than a dream and the key to that dream is ...
... education