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title: "GSV’s Big 10: Software is Eating the World, but AI is its Teeth"
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Friend of GSV, here's your weekly coverage corner for the top 10 stories, insights, and major plays in learning and skilling.

| View in browser Here's your weekly coverage corner for the top 10 stories, insights, and major plays in learning and skilling. #1 AI bot ChatGPT stuns academics with essay-writing skills and usability AI has become the Wild West of learning, and ChatGPT might be the Gold Rush. While there's a difference between accelerated learning and outsourcing your brain, ChatGPT is the first of many applications that can be game-changing. The Guardian    #2 Kids Don't Want Cash Anymore–They Want 'Robux' While adults may be skeptical of the metaverse, kids are already immersed in it. In 2021, Children ages 12 to 17 spent over $1,100 a year online, up 2x from 2019. That’s over 3x as much as parents spend on toys per child in the US…points are starting to have as much currency for kids as fiat currency. WSJ    #3 Getting More Men to Teach in Early-Years Education There are twice as many women flying U.S. military planes as there are men teaching kindergarten. We all benefit from bringing diversity to all aspects of learning and living. The Bulwark   #4 Loft Dynamics raises $20M to tackle pilot shortage with VR training The obvious killer app for VR is where someone can get killed: pilots, doctors, and CIA operatives. While immersive VR has been around the corner for twenty years, it’s actually here.  TechCrunch   #5 The Case Against Private Counselors for College Admissions  You don’t lift society up by pulling other people down. There’a reason why communism hasn’t worked…ever. The real goal needs to be to raise all boats, not to sink the ones that are sailing. Time    #6 Homeschooling Opponents Suffer from 'A Revulsion from Distinctness'  While some people make fun of homeschooling, what’s not a joke is how our public schools are failing way too many students. COVID accelerated a lot of things, but parents seeing first hand how upside-down many classrooms are has resulted in a lot of Mama Bears saying “enough is enough.” National Review    #7 Will ChatGPT Kill the Student Essay? It's a little too early to figure out if ChatGPT will kill the student essay. No matter what happens, being able to write and communicate effectively is foundational for every person, and that's not changing anytime soon. The Atlantic    #8 Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on how AI language models can democratize education: “It creates a bunch of opportunity” While Alphabet and Meta have spent over a decade building out their AI departments, Microsoft is quietly winning the battle for consumer mindshare. Between their strategic partnership with OpenAI and their acquisition of GitHub, Microsoft is leading the pack for big tech. Fortune     #9 Introducing the GSV Workforce Insights Board  Employers are the fourth pillar of education. We are honored to celebrate the distinguished members of GSV’s inaugural Workforce Insights Board who provide invaluable leadership around workforce learning. Read more about this group here.  GSV   #10 Creating and playing games Invisible learning will become more visible through mastery-based learning. AI might help students write essays, but it won't replace learning by doing. Jonathan Libov SUBSCRIBE HERE  UPCOMING EVENTS  MAR 6-9 2023 SXSW EDU  Austin, TX The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival is an annual event that fosters innovations and learning within the education industry. The event takes place each March in Austin as a four-day offering of sessions, workshops, mentorship, film screenings, competitions, an expo, and much more.  REGISTER APR 17-19 2023 ASU+GSV Summit San Diego, CA \| In-Person & Online The ASU+GSV Summit is the premier global event focused on technology innovation in education and workforce skills. Started in 2010 with a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV), we believe that ALL people deserve equal access to the future. REGISTER       Are you enjoying N2K? Invite a colleague friend to subscribe to the newsletter.       N2K News2Knowledge Newsletter GSV Summit LLC, 875 N Michigan Ave, Ste 3740, , Chicago,IL,60611,U.S.A. Manage Preferences You received this email because you are subscribed to receive N2K.  If you no longer wish to receive, please select "manage preferences" to unsubscribe or to update your GSV email preferences. Subscribe \| GSV Ventures \| ASU+GSV Summit   |
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