Tag Archives: artificial-intelligence

Thursday, 10th April (Richmond)

1. First up tonight, a good news, bad news piece from The Guardian, Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/energy-demands-from-ai-datacentres-to-quadruple-by-2030-says-report The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat … Continue reading

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Thursday, 27th March (Cambridge)

1. TeachingEnglish has just had a two-month focus on Planning lessons and courses. I’ve picked out three items from the riches available: A. The recordings of the three sessions in the online Creating lessons that work mini-event last week: “three … Continue reading

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Tuesday, 28th January (Richmond)

1. Ethan Mollick has updated his guide to Which AI to Use Now: An Updated Opinionated Guide https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/which-ai-to-use-now-an-updated-opinionated Every six months or so, I have written an opinionated guide for individual users of AI, not specializing in any one type … Continue reading

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Tuesday, 26th November (Richmond)

1. Some good clear analysis here from Carbon Brief of the final outcomes of COP 29 in Baku https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-baku/ Tidily sorted into sections, which might lend itself to a whole class activity with pairs of students each responsible for summarising/reporting … Continue reading

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