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As artificial intelligence becomes integrated into all corners of higher education, addressing ethical concerns is crucial to responsible implementati

The downsides of generative AI are growing like wildfire

The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.

Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the implications of generative A.I.’s transformation of technology.

Artificial intelligence apps that record and summarize meetings can tempt workers into skipping calls, leaving humans who join in the company of silent bots.

A walk through using this tool as a student, with some discussion on what excites me about it. Prompt available for free here: https://checkplease.neocities....

Just in case you missed this bit from the Daily Show.

Responding to criticism in the moment and after the fact.

Aka, how to use (and how not to use) AI in your day to day work

Over the years I have disagreed with pretty much everything that Thomas Arnett and the Christensen Institute have had to say about education (you can use the search function for the main blog to see), but Arnett's recent piece has some points worth thinking about.

Suspension comes as 13m students take four-day gaokao tests for limited spots at country’s universities

The Story of a Control Group

Anxieties around AI and punctuation say a lot about academia, Joseph Mellors writes.

An abbreviated version of SIFT Toolbox is now available to all as a completely free GPT

Complete Perplexity AI guide: explore voice search, deep research, Labs, document analysis, and 8 standout features with examples. Why this AI may beat Google.

We're this far into reasoners and neither hypesters nor skeptics really understand their significance. Also: Read Toulmin.

President Trump’s executive order calling for AI literacy highlights its importance. The order also underscores its amorphous nature. Here’s how to develop and measure effective AI literacy programs.

Also: another paper that seals the deal

This week I was on a panel at the Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) virtual conference. Along with my fellow panelists Andrea Baer and Emily Zerrenner, I joined moderator Sarah Appedu to discuss the cognitive dissonance that we recognize between the widespread exhortations to adopt GenAI tools in libraries and the harms that we see