In her talk, Barbara will explore how AI, especially transformers, can improve cognitive processes like attention and retention. You'll learn to use AI more effectively for faster learning. Generative AI, akin to a teacher, excels when you understand its similarities and differences with the human brain.
Talks at GOTO Copenhagen 2024
Masterclasses at GOTO Copenhagen 2024
Barbara Oakley is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. She created and teaches Coursera’s “Learning How to Learn,” one of the world’s most popular massive open online course with over three million registered students, along with other popular “Top Online Courses of All Time.”
Barb is a New York Times best-selling author who has published in outlets as varied as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times —her book A Mind for Numbers has sold over a million copies worldwide.
She is the winner of the McGraw Prize—the colloquial “Nobel Prize for Education” and is a Fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering