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Catherine Maguire

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Catherine Maguire is a Professor of Computer Science and AI Systems at the Gordon School of Business, part of the Swiss Institute of Artificial Intelligence (SIAI). She specializes in machine learning infrastructure and applied data engineering, with a focus on bridging research and large-scale deployment of AI tools in financial and policy contexts. Based in the United States (with summer in Berlin and Zurich), she co-leads SIAI’s technical operations, overseeing the institute’s IT architecture and supporting its research-to-production pipeline for AI-driven finance.

Catherine Maguire

AI agents in education boost learning while cutting time Build home-first workflows for practice, planning, and records Scale with evidence and guardrails to protect equity and trust One data point should change our think

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U.S. spin-off narrows feeds Students lose global views Mandate diversity metrics, open datasets TikTok reaches millions of Americans every day, and a significant number are students. In 2024, Pew found that 58% of U.S.

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Korea excels at teen “creative thinking,” but adults lag in adaptive problem solving Generative AI automates routine tasks, so value shifts to AI cognitive extensions—framing, modeling, and auditing Reform exams, classroom routines, and admissions to reward those extensions, or the test-prep edge will fade

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Quantum Echoes delivered a verified 13,000× speedup, elevating quantum chaos education Curricula should pivot from qubit counts to competence in echoes, OTOCs, and noise Fund teacher PD, simple cloud labs, and artifact-based assessment

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AI-assisted teaching is the reform, not the threat Shift assessment from answer-hunting to reasoning and disclosure Train every teacher and set simple norms so AI boosts equity and learning A single statistic should reframe the

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Undersea cable security is now core education infrastructure in Southeast Asia Taiwan’s 2025 cable disruptions show how gray-zone incidents can cut classes, exams, and research ASEAN must build redundancy and protect its seabed links

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A DNA search engine replaces lists with graph-native matching MetaGraph proves scalable, fast, accurate, and low-cost sequence search Education should adopt path-based search with strong data governance Public archives now hold

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AI tongue diagnosis turns a centuries-old check into fast, cheap triage With phones and clear protocols, it flags likely risks for confirmatory tests Deploy in primary care with consent, calibration, and monitoring to scale safely

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Smartphone bans offer a blueprint for AI policy in schools Use age-tiered access, strict privacy, and teacher oversight Evaluate results publicly to protect attention, equity, and integrity Let's begin with a significant figu

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AI energy use is rising, but efficiency per task is collapsing Education improves outcomes by optimizing energy usage and focusing on small models.Do this, and costs and emissions fall while learning quality holds The key fig

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AI is collapsing routine “middle” software work as adoption soars Schools must teach systems thinking, safe AI use, and verification-first delivery Employers will favor small, senior-led teams; therefore, curricula must reflect this reality

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Real-time data can mislead because overload and autocorrelation turn noise into policy Treat fresh numbers as estimates: blend vintages (replay-style), weight by revision risk, and require causal identification Teach revision-aware literacy and measure decisions by how well they age, not how fast they react

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babies is inevitable—focus on smart guardrails, not bans Mandate strict privacy, proven developmental claims, and designs that boost caregiver–infant serve-and-return Advance equity with vetted, prompt-only co-play tools in public settings and firm vendor standards

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China’s R&D surge and alliance politics are reshaping global education Export controls and demographics redirect students and research Universities must hedge, manage openness, and diversify Here is the number that shou

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Europe’s schools rely on foreign AI infrastructure, creating vulnerability A neutral European stack with local compute and governance can secure continuity This ensures resilient, interoperable education under global tensions

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The real risk isn’t the LLM’s words but the agent’s actions with your credentials Malicious images, pages, or files can hijack agents and trigger privileged workflows Treat agents as superusers: least privilege, gated tools, full logs, and human checks

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AI translation reshapes the labor market, eroding low-skill roles while rewarding domain expertise Education must shift toward “language plus” skills—pairing translation with data, law, or health Policy should teach students to work with machines, not against them

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Southeast Asia needs a maritime compact, not an Asian NATO Prioritize shared surveillance and coast-guard rules Outside partners support; ASEAN states lead

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Tariffs framed as job protection often act instead as taxes on critical inputs Employment in U.S.

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