A Note on Deep Research Products and the Return of the Traditional Credibility Chain
With a more traditional value chain, enlarging the source pool of licensed material is going to be the competitive advantage
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Are We Tripping? The Mirage of AI Hallucinations
There is a deep disorder in the discourse of generative artificial intelligence (AI). When AI seems to make things up or distort reality — adding extra fingers
Thinking out loud with AI
What the newest developments in artificial intelligence mean for faculty, staff and administrators.
NotebookLM Plus - MacSparky
One of my most successful experiments with artificial intelligence has been with Google’s NotebookLM product. While preparing the update to the Productivity Field Guide, I fed it everything from the prior version, plus transcripts from about 50 videos I recorded, as well as twelve webinars. I also included my research notes prepared for the 2025 edition.... Continue reading →
Like it or not, AI is learning how to influence you [Rosenberg]
RIP… D.E.I. with Ruha Benjamin [VIDEO] — What Now? with Trevor Noah
Trevor and Christiana speak with professor, sociologist, and MacArthur Fellowship winner Ruha Benjamin about some of the pressing political and social issues of the day. The three discuss whether DEI initiatives are in fact valuable and how the world will look without them, why universities honor people whose voices they’ve previously tried to silence, and how best to navigate a world that was not built for us. Can the three collectively imagine a better world order? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
h/t Audrey Watters (via 404 media) writes: A rough summary: the more one uses generative AI, the less one thinks critically about the task; the less confidence one has in generative AI to do a task, the more critically one assesses generative AI’s capabilities. I’ve seen some pushback on this study as it‘s based on self-reported assessments of “critical thinking” — what is critical thinking, etc etc. I’m sure psychometricians would be happy to help us understand all this with a good old-fashioned multiple choice test if the IES hadn’t just been gutted. Oh well, all science is just “vibes” now.
AI's Illusion of Reason
h/t Audrey Watters - who writes: Marc Watkins writes about "AI's Illusion of Reason," cautioning that "when we AI systems in humanizing terms, we create false expectations about their capabilities and their limitations." He uses the eighteenth century mechanical Turk as an analogy here – "an automated marvel" that appeared to play chess but in the end was a hoax. But there’s a problem with this historical reference, I would argue, when the imperialism, the "exoticized alterity" of this automaton – then and now – are unexamined.
Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency
h/t Audrey Watters
Center for Digital Thriving – A research and innovation center based at Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Our mission is to create knowledge and research-based resources that help people — especially youth — thrive in a tech-filled world.
AI and rabbits – The Ed Techie
AI's Illusion of Reason
We shouldn’t need any illusions to understand how generative tools might be useful. This obsession with anthropomorphization hinders our ability to understand what these systems can and cannot do, leaving us with a confused and muddled idea of their capabilities. An LLM’s ability to predict patterns is impressive and quite useful in many contexts, but that doesn't make it conscious.
AI and the Art of Paper Folding - Leon Furze
The post reflects on metaphors used to discuss artificial intelligence, particularly introducing an origami analogy. It emphasises that AI outputs are intricately shaped by the training data like origami models are formed from a single sheet of paper. This analogy reveals insights into AI's limitations, creativity, and the nature of its outputs.
Sparky’s Email Machine - MacSparky
I recently came up with an interesting shortcut that writes an email for you combining ChatGPT instructions and a few regular expressions. It sounds complicated but it really isn’t. Check out this video and see for yourself. Download my shortcut for your own use: Sparky’s Email Machine Shortcut
More Than Words Virtual Book Club
Welcome to the More Than Words virtual book club! We'll be reading & discussing John Warner's new book—More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. We'll meet on Zoom about twice a month from June to August 2025—from 5:00-6:00 p.m. (EST). Tuesday, 3 June Tuesday, 17 June Tuesday, 22 July Tuesday, 5 August Tuesday, 19 August In the future, we'll be sending out the Zoom links, a reading schedule, and a sign-up list for those who wish to facilitate a meeting's conversation! If there are no objections, we'd like to record our Zoom meetings to share out to those who may not be able to attend. Any additional concerns (or questions) can be sent to David Buck (dbuck@howardcc.edu). Thanks!
Generative AI in Student-Directed Projects: Advice and Inspiration
h/t Kyanne Albelo @ VU
Tips for Using AI, From Grad Students and Professors
h/t Kyanne Albelo @ VU
Artificial Intelligence and Instruction | Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning
Doing Research with NotebookLM
Fascinating blog post by Vidit Bhargava (creator of the excellent LookUp dictionary app) about how he worked on his master thesis with the aid of Google’s NotebookLM. I used NotebookLM throughout my thesis, not because I was interested in it generating content for me (I think AI generated text and images are sloppy and classless);
Operator: The Real AI Agent by OpenAI
What are AI agents capable of in real life?
Teaching: Is higher ed prepared for AI’s impact? It doesn’t seem so.
In separate surveys, both college leaders and professors express concern.
Season 2 Bonus Content (Part 1): AI & Navigating the Future of the Workplace
In this special episode featuring season two bonus content, host Chris Linnane shares exclusive, unaired clips from his conversations with Harvard Business School faculty members on the topic of AI and navigating the future of the workplace.
Tune in to hear from Sunil Gupta on marketing strategies, Anthony Mayo on effective leadership, Christina Wallace on entrepreneurial mindset, Felix Oberholzer-Gee on business strategy, and V.G. Narayanan on accounting.
Catch up on Season 2 of The Parlor Room:
Sunil Gupta on Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategies: https://hbs.me/3j3jcpmw
Anthony Mayo on What Makes an Effective Leader: https://hbs.me/3ttp4c56
Christina Wallace on Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset: https://hbs.me/2p87t4j8
Felix Oberholzer-Gee on the Frameworks of Business Strategy: https://hbs.me/yc3f5jb3
V.G. Narayanan on How Accounting Connects the Business World: https://hbs.me/mry92699
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AI Software - SNL
A teacher (Ego Nwodim) shows an educational podcast hosted by AI (Timothée Chalamet, Bowen Yang) to her students.
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The Impact of Gen AI on Human Learning: a research summary
A literature review of the most recent & important peer-reviewed studies
Navigating deepfakes and synthetic media: This course helps students demystify artificial intelligence technologies
Students learn skills to help them distinguish fact from fiction in the world of AI.
The global struggle over how to regulate AI
Big AI companies have come out hard against comprehensive regulatory efforts in the West — but are receiving a warm welcome from leaders in many other countries.
Saying No to Generative AI – Cate Denial
“AI tutoring shows stunning results” [World Bank] + “AI Is Unavoidable, Not Inevitable.” [Watkins]
AI Is Unavoidable, Not Inevitable
I had the privilege of moderating a discussion between Josh Eyler and Robert Cummings about the future of AI in education at the University of Mississippi’s recent AI Winter Institute for Teachers.
AI Through the Lens of King: 2025 Beloved Community Global Youth Summit Conversation
A 2025 King Holiday Observance Event. Featuring Dr. Bernice A. King (CEO of The King Center), hosted by Dr. Vonnetta L. West. An insightful, applicable conversation about how the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. can be used to understand and integrate AI with consciousness, compassion, and consideration for the common good. #AI #TechForGood #Youth #MLK #KingHoliday #MissionPossibleMLK #Nonviolence365