Key Points
The impact of technology on our biology is also profound and perhaps less noticed..
Technologys influence on individual behaviour can accumulate to cause significant social effects..
It has even more pernicious effects on children who mostly read digital formats. fMRI studies are showing that regions of the brain involved in reading are under-developed for primarily digital readers..
This is equally or more important for the technology that is roiling the world today both with wild hopes and dystopian fears: Artificial Intelligence..
For example, AI-based continuous assessment of students learning can help develop teaching plans customized to every students pace and interest..
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