The Online Challenge to Higher Education

摘要

National Academy of Engineering President Charles Vest tells a story about the roles of people and computers. In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue computer beat chess master Garry Kasparov; since then, chess masters have also periodically beaten computers. But Vest notes that the combined team of a computer and chess master always beats either the computer or the chess master alone. This says much about the future of higher education, especially in the sciences.