GPT-2 is a powerful language model: a “learning algorithm” enabled its literary education. Conventional algorithms execute coded instructions according to procedures created by human engineers.

It doesn’t take much to make machine-learning algorithms go awry The rise of large-language models could make the problem worse ...

Algorithms can kind of/sort of put a semi-accurate “score” on writing – they can also be fooled by nonsense – so those invested in education technology must create a rationale for its use. We should ...

Algorithms are grading student essays across the country. Can this really teach kids how to write better? The AI algorithms grading student essays are a black box.

Learning to read and write is often quite difficult for AI.