On reading this post, I had a laugh, albeit with a bit of that feeling you get that forces a roll on the ground laugh fit when someone runs down the beach flinging their clothes off due to a cloud of bees in pursuit and stinging: Quite funny. As if a professor could stop someone from using one of …
Having been in Ed Tech for quite a while (1990s), and having witnessed a few Ed Tech failures firsthand, I asked AI to compile a list after seeing Ben Williamson’s on LinkedIn. After all, many solutions may be “fake gold” or “false gold” that many are selling as a real …
This is shocking, even if not unexpected or a surprise…our technologies are always listening, selling us out even when they say to us, “We may be listening but your data is safe with us.” Apple has agreed to pay $95M to resolve a decade-long lawsuit, accusing its virtual …
Fascinating… Evolutionary changes over many generations could well change or even diminish some of the human traits we cherish most, including friendship, intimacy, communication, trust and intelligence, because these are the traits AI engages most profoundly. via LiveScience
On BlueSky, Paul Richwine wrote: It’s a good exercise to write down what you believe. It’s not easy if you are honest. You don’t have to share it with anyone. And it doesn’t mean you can’t change your mind later. I was curious to see if the PRISM Framework would have …
Chatting with someone on Facebook, I felt compelled to write the following in response. I’ve updated it a little to show some additional reflection on the topic. A Tired Argument What a tired argument: Without AI Literacy, Students Will Be ‘Unprepared for the Future,’ Educators Say (source). …
OpenAI’s ChatGPT search tool may be open to manipulation using hidden content, and can return malicious code from websites it searches, a Guardian investigation has found. via Nick Evershed
This was a shocker to read today: “Everyone knows a teacher, firefighter, law enforcement officer, nurse or public worker who’s paid into Social Security year after year, only to have their payments curbed by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset when they retire. Now, …
In the AI for Teachers Facebook group, Richard Noble shared the following: Is it unethical for teachers to use artificial intelligence to grade papers if they have forbidden their students from using it for their assignments? That was the question a teacher asked Kwame Anthony Appiah in a recent …
This quote from Nathaniel Myers: “I want them to undergo the writing process for themselves in ways that aren’t immediately turning to a tool that’s helping them write, because there’s value in the friction that’s a part of that work and learning that happens in writing without those tools,” Myers …
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been reflecting on the issue of AI. My problem is that my reflections occur at odd moments, like while I’m watching television or reading a book. Or working on a project. It takes forever for these drops of insight to accumulate into a pool. I don’t …
Will this be celebrated by those who favor parents' running schools or not? You know, those parents running to take over school boards so they can push their beliefs and narrow (hey, it’s the narrow gate, no?) beliefs on their community’s children? Or will this be hailed as a victory by …
Associate Professor Jonathan Boymal highlights a new study. Here is one excerpt that jumps out me: The Expertise Paradox: “The paradox of expertise is that while generative Al assists in executing tasks requiring lower-level thinking skills, this advantage paradoxically hinders a learner’s …
As a whole, this piece (Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies) was unconvincing. I found it stuffy, ivory towerish, and yet…the longer I reflect on it, the more little pieces of it grow on me. Critical Thinking One example includes this quote from Vee, as cited: “Large language models such as ChatGPT …
How To Vote: An Instruction Generator for College Students This Ai-powered app draws a custom flowchart to help your students choose when and where to vote. Learn more about it via Jon Ippolito Try it out - [**voting-flowchart.streamlit.app/**](https://voting-flowchart.streamlit.app/)
This has been too much fun. Let’s take a look at a fresh scenario through the lens of the ETHICAL decision-making model. The scenario below comes to me from a relative, who experienced it firsthand in their workplace. Scenario Vincent works for a small business office as one of the lone …
I created a Perplexity Spaces area equipped with ETHICAL mode for decision making. Then, I shared a situation that is all too common in schools and organizations. Wow, what a great response from ETHICAL model via Perplexity Spaces. Scenario This is the scenario ETHICAL was presented with: Jane and …
Ok, so I’m ready to apply ETHICAL decision-making framework to a real life situation. Ready to see ETHICAL in action? Me, too. Situation A friend of mine has approached me with a situation and wants my advice. Given my coaching background and training, I know that “Advice is …
Ok, so yesterday, I mentioned that I consulted Perplexity.ai to help me understand or develop a decision-making model I could use. I keep wanting to examine my decision-making processes and do my best to improve them. Introducing ETHICAL The decision-making framework I am going to try out is …
One of the challenges I struggle with involves figuring out how to make decisions. You know, you encounter an difficult decision and it’s hard to take all the factors into account. Worse, you have an opinion or emotion that arises when trying to make a decision. Again, I’m back to …
For another blog focused on Ed Tech, I explore the answer to a question a lot of educators are asking. That is, how does one generate questions for videos they want to show their students? While we wait for that blog entry to appear, I thought it might be fun to highlight one of the tools I cover in …
An AI summary of Paris Marx' article, ** Roundup: Will generative AI have many long-term benefits?** 5 key points • ChatGPT may harm students' math learning by acting as a crutch rather than improving skills. • AI assistants in medical imaging can significantly reduce radiologists' accuracy when …
The following is summarized by AI from Rachel Wells' article, ** 3 AI Trends That Will Impact Your Job In 2024** Five Key Points • AI is expected to automate routine tasks, allowing workers to focus on more complex and creative aspects of their jobs. • Personalized AI assistants will become more …
Want to sneak your AI generated text in under the radar? Try UndetectableGPT, an AI Humanizer that’s available for free online. That’s kinda funny, right? An AI making something sound more human. So I decided to give UndetectableGPT a try with a real response. First, let me give you some …
What fun to use AI to design a Tower Defense game (ASCII). It’s been a few thousand versions. The creation started in Claude, but quickly overwhelmed its limits (I HATE those limits, Claude). The bulk of the work has been done in ChatGPT, which handles updates to the code that take too long …