How do machines *really* learn?

PLUS: Teaching ethics to computer programmers, exploring space in AR, and paying for that coding degree. View this email in your browser  08.27.19 Textbooks. Blackboards. Overhead projectors. Chromebooks. Augmented reality. The way we learn inevitably evolves with the technological progress of society. The classroom, from kindergarten circle time to college lecture halls—in-person or virtual—is a lab for careful experimentation in the quest to make education more fun, engaging, and effective. With the right software and hardware, sometimes you don't need a classroom or teacher at all. Hear that? The bell just rang. It's time for you to settle down and check out this week's series of stories on how we learn.   HOW WE LEARN What Sci-Fi Can Teach Computer Science About Ethics BY GREGORY BARBER Schools are adding ethics classes to their computer-science curricula. The reading assignments: science fiction.   HOW WE LEARN How Do Machines Really Learn? BY TOM SIMONITE Don't get swept away by the hype: Machine learning doesn't make computers anything like people. No matter how "smart" they get, they still need us.   HOW WE LEARN I Tried to Become a Musician Using Apps and a Light-Up Piano BY BOONE ASHWORTH This musically challenged guinea pig is going to become an artist—or at least record one (sort of) song.   HOW WE LEARN Free Coding School! (But You'll Pay for It Later) BY GREGORY BARBER Lambda School offers a coding education in exchange for a share of post-graduation income. Does this tuition model benefit students—or investors?   HOW WE LEARN This AR Astronomy Lesson Is 8 Minutes of Galactic Goodness BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Can augmented reality help children with reading skills? Boring math lessons? Chris Milk and the team at Within believes it can. GET WIRED Insider access to our Labor Day Sale   For a limited time, get a full year of print + digital access to wired.com for just $5.   Subscribe now     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe