AI

Last week in the credit-bearing course I co-teach, we asked students to listen to a podcast episode from MIT Technology Review about how AI is impacting the job application process. Listening to the spirited classroom discussion led me to reflect on my own job search this year and the role AI may have—or may not

Before a teacher implements AI tools in her classroom, here are some questions that she should consider.

AI tools help us go faster. But speed is not all you need.

Trump goes all in on Silicon Valley, leaving US citizens, and even his own party behind.

We should stop declaring we know the future and give students the space to figure things out for themselves.

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During a discussion of the book Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT, UVA faculty shared their recent experiments in AI-integrated assignments.

We all pretend to understand AI but Dr. Geoffrey Hinton actually does. He’s been dubbed the “Godfather of AI” for half-century of work on machine learning and neural networks. So what does this Nobel Prize-winning Al Pacino make of our AI age? Is this an industrial revolution, or the start of something more alien? How does AI … even work? Is it more neuroplastic than a baby’s brain? How far away is super intelligence? Can’t we just unplug the thing off like Jack Bauer in 24, or will it manipulate and blackmail us before we can do that? And, oh, are the Swedish meatballs served at the Nobel Prize reception actually tasty? AI, says Hinton is a “know-it-all,” but Nayeema definitely isn’t: she asks the “dumb” questions we all have about this new weird world of AI to Geoffrey Hinton, the Turing Award winner, 2024 Physics Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus at University of Toronto. In the process, we all get a lot smarter. HIT FOLLOW OR SUBSCRIBE to get AI Godfather, Part II where we learn if AI is alive like a…

Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.

Six evidence-based use cases to try in Google's latest image-generating AI tool

From AGI to Workslop It's time for our annual tradition: a very long list of pieces written about AI this year that have stuck with me, for better or for worse. I've sorted them in alphabetical order by keyword. I acknowledge some weak spots here, chiefly on the environment, data infrastructures, but lots of other things. I am just one guy. Did I miss anything? Come tell me on Blue Sky. I've got one post on auto-pilot and will take some time off through January, so, until then: Happy Holidays,

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A clear method for writers who want AI help without giving up control. Use this prompt to improve craft while keeping your voice.

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Large language models lock values into place, making it hard to challenge the cultural hegemony of a particular form of western culture

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AI is everywhere.

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Empowering Students to Evaluate AI Tools in a Values-Based Framework

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