Michał Wieczorek
@michalwieczorek.bsky.social
Philosopher, Assistant Professor at @ucddublin.bsky.social, School of Education. I do research on edtech and why it's mostly bad, specialise in philosophy of education and technology (esp. pragmatism). I sometimes post about weird music and sci-fi.
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Must read reporting on Alpha School, their misleading promises about the power of AI in education and mastery learning, and the harm their obsession with metrics and their devaluing of human teachers inflicts on children.
www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Must read reporting on Alpha School, their misleading promises about the power of AI in education and mastery learning, and the harm their obsession with metrics and their devaluing of human teachers inflicts on children.
www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
This one-pager from the French ministry of education contains more useful guidance for teachers than the entire document we recently got in Ireland.
It is understandable that policymakers might not be able to answer all the questions that arise with AI. But how refreshing it is to see them try!
It is understandable that policymakers might not be able to answer all the questions that arise with AI. But how refreshing it is to see them try!
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This one-pager from the French ministry of education contains more useful guidance for teachers than the entire document we recently got in Ireland.
It is understandable that policymakers might not be able to answer all the questions that arise with AI. But how refreshing it is to see them try!
It is understandable that policymakers might not be able to answer all the questions that arise with AI. But how refreshing it is to see them try!
I'm reading a preprint and put a new Lord Of The Isles record to play in the background. I didn't expect the second track to match the situation so perfectly:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubv...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm reading a preprint and put a new Lord Of The Isles record to play in the background. I didn't expect the second track to match the situation so perfectly:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubv...
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📝 Latest Publication Alert! 📝
"AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues"
Daniel Crean, Michał Wieczorek, Bert Gordijn & Alan J. Kearns
→ doi.org/10.1080/0898...
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#ResearchIntegrity
"AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues"
Daniel Crean, Michał Wieczorek, Bert Gordijn & Alan J. Kearns
→ doi.org/10.1080/0898...
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#ResearchIntegrity
AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues
Guided by Brey’s Anticipatory Technology Ethics, we examined AI-based research mentors (AIRMs) through technology foresight as well as identification and evaluation of ethical issues. Scenario plan...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
📝 Latest Publication Alert! 📝
"AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues"
Daniel Crean, Michał Wieczorek, Bert Gordijn & Alan J. Kearns
→ doi.org/10.1080/0898...
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#ResearchIntegrity
"AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues"
Daniel Crean, Michał Wieczorek, Bert Gordijn & Alan J. Kearns
→ doi.org/10.1080/0898...
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#ResearchIntegrity
Today was my first day as an assistant professor at @ucddublin.bsky.social. I look forward to working with my new colleagues at the School of Education.
You can watch the actual, unedited footage of my first day at the office here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj4j...
You can watch the actual, unedited footage of my first day at the office here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj4j...
Dwight Schrute Becomes Assistant Regional Manager - The Office US
YouTube video by The Office
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September 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today was my first day as an assistant professor at @ucddublin.bsky.social. I look forward to working with my new colleagues at the School of Education.
You can watch the actual, unedited footage of my first day at the office here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj4j...
You can watch the actual, unedited footage of my first day at the office here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj4j...
In this new paper led by Danny Crean and with contributions by me, Alan Kearns and Bert Gordijn, we use anticipatory methods to explore how GenAI tools are likely to affect research mentorship, research integrity and research culture.
Have a read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Have a read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues
Guided by Brey’s Anticipatory Technology Ethics, we examined AI-based research mentors (AIRMs) through technology foresight as well as identification and evaluation of ethical issues. Scenario plan...
www.tandfonline.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In this new paper led by Danny Crean and with contributions by me, Alan Kearns and Bert Gordijn, we use anticipatory methods to explore how GenAI tools are likely to affect research mentorship, research integrity and research culture.
Have a read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Have a read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Michał Wieczorek
If you are around Nijmegen next week, consider coming to my talk at iHub, Radboud University. It has a very modest aim: discuss everything that's wrong with educational AI.
Thanks to Tamar Sharon for giving me this chance to collect all the ideas I have been exploring the past few years.
Thanks to Tamar Sharon for giving me this chance to collect all the ideas I have been exploring the past few years.
iHub – What's wrong with educational AI? A philosophical and pedagogical critique by Michal Wieczorek
ihub.ru.nl
June 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
If you are around Nijmegen next week, consider coming to my talk at iHub, Radboud University. It has a very modest aim: discuss everything that's wrong with educational AI.
Thanks to Tamar Sharon for giving me this chance to collect all the ideas I have been exploring the past few years.
Thanks to Tamar Sharon for giving me this chance to collect all the ideas I have been exploring the past few years.
Our literature review on the ethics of using AI in schools is now available in open access in AI & Ethics. It should provide a comprehensive entry point for folks interested in the ethical dimension of educational AI.
Thanks to my wonderful coauthors @mhmdhsini.bsky.social and Bert Gordijn.
Thanks to my wonderful coauthors @mhmdhsini.bsky.social and Bert Gordijn.
Unpacking the ethics of using AI in primary and secondary education: a systematic literature review - AI and Ethics
This paper provides a systematic review of the literature discussing the ethics of using artificial intelligence in primary and secondary education (AIPSED). Although recent advances in AI have led to...
link.springer.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Our literature review on the ethics of using AI in schools is now available in open access in AI & Ethics. It should provide a comprehensive entry point for folks interested in the ethical dimension of educational AI.
Thanks to my wonderful coauthors @mhmdhsini.bsky.social and Bert Gordijn.
Thanks to my wonderful coauthors @mhmdhsini.bsky.social and Bert Gordijn.
This Saturday at the Society for Philosophy and Technology conference, I will moderate a symposium on Dewey's philosophy of technology which includes talks by four excellent scholars: Sebastian Weydner-Volkmann, @coeckelbergh.bsky.social, Ibo van de Poel and @olyakudina.bsky.social. Come join us!
June 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This Saturday at the Society for Philosophy and Technology conference, I will moderate a symposium on Dewey's philosophy of technology which includes talks by four excellent scholars: Sebastian Weydner-Volkmann, @coeckelbergh.bsky.social, Ibo van de Poel and @olyakudina.bsky.social. Come join us!
I have a new article out in Learning, Media & Technology. Using scenario planning, I sketch out four scenarios for the deployment of AI in schools, highlighting that the futures that the futures of educational AI are morally ambiguous, unlike the binary claims made by AI boosters and AI doomsters.
Using ethical scenarios to explore the future of artificial intelligence in primary and secondary education
The ethics of educational artificial intelligence (AIED) has become a prominent topic of debate in recent years. However, many prospective AIED tools are still under development and may change befo...
www.tandfonline.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I have a new article out in Learning, Media & Technology. Using scenario planning, I sketch out four scenarios for the deployment of AI in schools, highlighting that the futures that the futures of educational AI are morally ambiguous, unlike the binary claims made by AI boosters and AI doomsters.
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Why AI will not Democratize Education: a Critical Pragmatist Perspective link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Why AI will not Democratize Education: a Critical Pragmatist Perspective - Philosophy & Technology
This paper builds on Dewey’s philosophy of education to argue that AI, at least in its current commercial form, is likely to have a negative impact on democratic education. AI and other digital techno...
link.springer.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Why AI will not Democratize Education: a Critical Pragmatist Perspective link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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"[T]here are good reasons to believe that by individualising learning, focusing on mastery, automating teachers’ tasks and increasing the influence of private companies, [AI] will have a negative impact on the democratic dimension of education," writes Michał Wieczorek.
Why AI will not Democratize Education: a Critical Pragmatist Perspective - Philosophy & Technology
This paper builds on Dewey’s philosophy of education to argue that AI, at least in its current commercial form, is likely to have a negative impact on democratic education. AI and other digital techno...
link.springer.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"[T]here are good reasons to believe that by individualising learning, focusing on mastery, automating teachers’ tasks and increasing the influence of private companies, [AI] will have a negative impact on the democratic dimension of education," writes Michał Wieczorek.
Have you seen all the promises that AI will make education more democratic? Have you always been a little sceptical of them but couldn’t say exactly why? Try my new paper in which I discuss the mismatch between the goals and values of democratic education, and contemporary educational AI tools.
Why AI will not Democratize Education: a Critical Pragmatist Perspective - Philosophy & Technology
This paper builds on Dewey’s philosophy of education to argue that AI, at least in its current commercial form, is likely to have a negative impact on democratic education. AI and other digital techno...
link.springer.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Have you seen all the promises that AI will make education more democratic? Have you always been a little sceptical of them but couldn’t say exactly why? Try my new paper in which I discuss the mismatch between the goals and values of democratic education, and contemporary educational AI tools.
Reposted by Michał Wieczorek
If you’ve got $20,000 a month to spend on a “PhD level” ai agent, just hire a person.
OpenAI reportedly plans to charge up to $20,000 a month for specialized AI 'agents' | TechCrunch
OpenAI may be planning to charge up to $20,000 per month for specialized AI 'agents,' according to The Information.
techcrunch.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you’ve got $20,000 a month to spend on a “PhD level” ai agent, just hire a person.
Our AI Literacy Training in the Classroom Online Course for teachers is now live with some great insights on AI and AI ethics tailored specifically to educational contexts.
Also, check the website for details on workshops in Ireland early next year (including my talk on AI ethics for teachers).
Also, check the website for details on workshops in Ireland early next year (including my talk on AI ethics for teachers).
Online Course - AI in the Classroom
Now, explore our 90-minute AI Literacy course for post-primary educators that you can do in your own time.At the core of AI Literacy in the Classroom are
ai-literacy-in-the-classroom.adaptcentre.ie
November 22, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Our AI Literacy Training in the Classroom Online Course for teachers is now live with some great insights on AI and AI ethics tailored specifically to educational contexts.
Also, check the website for details on workshops in Ireland early next year (including my talk on AI ethics for teachers).
Also, check the website for details on workshops in Ireland early next year (including my talk on AI ethics for teachers).
Reposted by Michał Wieczorek
A year deeper into this, and this still seems utterly perfect
My cover for today's A.I. issue of The New Yorker
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
November 13, 2024 at 9:42 PM
A year deeper into this, and this still seems utterly perfect
I'm in the @irishtimes.bsky.social today, writing with @eam0.bsky.social about educational AI and why it won't work (if it's going to work at all!) so well in multilingual educational systems, like the one in Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
AI tools could revolutionise education but leave Gaelscoileanna behind
Irish-language schools may be faced with an impossible choice: embrace second-rate AI or forgo the potential benefits of automation
www.irishtimes.com
September 3, 2024 at 8:03 AM
I'm in the @irishtimes.bsky.social today, writing with @eam0.bsky.social about educational AI and why it won't work (if it's going to work at all!) so well in multilingual educational systems, like the one in Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler
July 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM
yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler
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Being “ai” free is already becoming a selling point.
Excuse Me, Is There AI in That?
Businesses and creators see a new opportunity to brand their work as 100 percent human-made.
www.theatlantic.com
June 13, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Being “ai” free is already becoming a selling point.
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They keep pitching this, but it never gets more coherent or makes more sense. Logistics and capabilities aside, companies aren’t sinking money into these things so you can spend more time with your family (unless that’s achieved by firing you).
“…one of the big benefits of AI at work will be letting us all create something he calls a ‘digital twin’ — essentially a deepfake avatar of yourself that can go to Zoom meetings on your behalf and even make decisions for you while you spend your time on more important things, like your family.”
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan wants AI clones in meetings
Why have fewer meetings when you could just send your AI clone instead?
www.theverge.com
June 3, 2024 at 4:08 PM
They keep pitching this, but it never gets more coherent or makes more sense. Logistics and capabilities aside, companies aren’t sinking money into these things so you can spend more time with your family (unless that’s achieved by firing you).
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This feels like one of deadliest flaws in Khan's sales pitch: his "treatment of teaching is insulting as much as anything. He claims to want to provide technology to teachers and schools that will help them without bothering to understand what teachers do or how teaching works."
If we're truly looking at a revolution in education we deserve an ore serious book than what Sal Khan delivers in "Brave New Words." open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...
An Unserious Book
Sal Khan brings an infomercial to a (supposed) revolution with "Brave New Words."
open.substack.com
June 2, 2024 at 1:58 PM
This feels like one of deadliest flaws in Khan's sales pitch: his "treatment of teaching is insulting as much as anything. He claims to want to provide technology to teachers and schools that will help them without bothering to understand what teachers do or how teaching works."
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Highly paid developers with huge amounts of private capital produced this. Ordinary people working for nothing more than the common good produced Wikipedia.
May 22, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Highly paid developers with huge amounts of private capital produced this. Ordinary people working for nothing more than the common good produced Wikipedia.