Matthew M.C. Roberts
@mmcr.bsky.social
EduHacker / Instructional Designer / Political Scientist
Academia.edu offered to turn one of my conference papers into a comic. I was skeptical—but apparently not skeptical enough. #WhatValueCouldThisConceivablyProvide #WhatsWrongWithTheSecondPanel
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Academia.edu offered to turn one of my conference papers into a comic. I was skeptical—but apparently not skeptical enough. #WhatValueCouldThisConceivablyProvide #WhatsWrongWithTheSecondPanel
Just FYI, I might sell my soul for a truly VisionOS version of Nova @panic.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Just FYI, I might sell my soul for a truly VisionOS version of Nova @panic.com
More evidence that the conversation about generative AI and education involves fundamental misunderstandings about basic concepts—even if you're a CIO. Yellow bubbles are my annotations.
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
More evidence that the conversation about generative AI and education involves fundamental misunderstandings about basic concepts—even if you're a CIO. Yellow bubbles are my annotations.
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
Wading through a huge backlog in my email. Just read this and greatly appreciated it. Thanks @thetattooedprof.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/some...
www.chronicle.com/article/some...
Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
www.chronicle.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wading through a huge backlog in my email. Just read this and greatly appreciated it. Thanks @thetattooedprof.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/some...
www.chronicle.com/article/some...
I give a decent number of conference presentations that seem to go well. But the number one question that I almost always get asked afterwards is "how did you control your slides from your phone?"
August 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I give a decent number of conference presentations that seem to go well. But the number one question that I almost always get asked afterwards is "how did you control your slides from your phone?"
In her "Second Breakfast" newsletter today, @audreywatters.bsky.social echoes what I've been saying about generative AI.
July 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In her "Second Breakfast" newsletter today, @audreywatters.bsky.social echoes what I've been saying about generative AI.
For a year and a half I’ve been saying that it’s only a matter of time before students either sue or demand refunds when they learn their instructors have used AI. #TwoEdgedSword
May 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
For a year and a half I’ve been saying that it’s only a matter of time before students either sue or demand refunds when they learn their instructors have used AI. #TwoEdgedSword
So far my only complaint about @liznorell.bsky.social ‘s “the Present Professor” is that no time machine exists so that I could have read the chapter on “academic culture” before I started grad school 26 years ago.
May 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So far my only complaint about @liznorell.bsky.social ‘s “the Present Professor” is that no time machine exists so that I could have read the chapter on “academic culture” before I started grad school 26 years ago.
This explains a lot about why we seem to be on the Darkest Timeline.
arstechnica.com/science/2016...
arstechnica.com/science/2016...
Weasel’s suicide delays but does not stop our biggest particle collider
Plans call for six times the data as last year.
arstechnica.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This explains a lot about why we seem to be on the Darkest Timeline.
arstechnica.com/science/2016...
arstechnica.com/science/2016...
Reposted by Matthew M.C. Roberts
It's really hard to make videos about all of the cool science coming out all of the time.
I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.
I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.
April 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It's really hard to make videos about all of the cool science coming out all of the time.
I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.
I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.
A thought based on reading this afternoon's selection of AI-related news: how do we, as a society of overlapping and interlocking communities, adjudicate someone's claim that [insert thing here] is revolutionizing [insert aspect of life here]?
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A thought based on reading this afternoon's selection of AI-related news: how do we, as a society of overlapping and interlocking communities, adjudicate someone's claim that [insert thing here] is revolutionizing [insert aspect of life here]?
A little late to the game reading what Punya Mishra has been writing about genAI. This is definitely worth sharing:
punyamishra.com/2024/02/03/t...
punyamishra.com/2024/02/03/t...
The Absurd One-Sidedness of the Ethics of AI Debate: A rant | Punya Mishra's Web
punyamishra.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A little late to the game reading what Punya Mishra has been writing about genAI. This is definitely worth sharing:
punyamishra.com/2024/02/03/t...
punyamishra.com/2024/02/03/t...
A very interesting discussion about a Microsoft Research paper on the relationship between genAI use and domain expertise.
punyamishra.com/2025/02/13/t...
punyamishra.com/2025/02/13/t...
The GenAI and Expertise Paradox: Why It Makes Expert Work More Important But Harder | Punya Mishra's Web
punyamishra.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A very interesting discussion about a Microsoft Research paper on the relationship between genAI use and domain expertise.
punyamishra.com/2025/02/13/t...
punyamishra.com/2025/02/13/t...
Reposted by Matthew M.C. Roberts
One danger of embracing generative AI as a learning device and in language assistance is that you're letting the keepers of that AI have power over what you learn and how you write. It will be programmed with biases, unintentional but often *quite* intentional, that you will unknowingly adopt.
February 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
One danger of embracing generative AI as a learning device and in language assistance is that you're letting the keepers of that AI have power over what you learn and how you write. It will be programmed with biases, unintentional but often *quite* intentional, that you will unknowingly adopt.
Reposted by Matthew M.C. Roberts
I love listening to this because it feels like sitting with friends and it is so good to hear reasoned, careful and incredibly intelligent ideas in a world full of …quite the opposite.
Frankly this podcast makes me feel less alone against the hype and I am grateful for smarter minds than mine too.
Frankly this podcast makes me feel less alone against the hype and I am grateful for smarter minds than mine too.
🎉 Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has reached Ep 50 🎉
Dr. @tamigraph.bsky.social joins @alexhanna.bsky.social & me to look into tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy & the environment & the techno-fascism of it all.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Thx to @whatulysses.bsky.social for production!
Dr. @tamigraph.bsky.social joins @alexhanna.bsky.social & me to look into tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy & the environment & the techno-fascism of it all.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Thx to @whatulysses.bsky.social for production!
February 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I love listening to this because it feels like sitting with friends and it is so good to hear reasoned, careful and incredibly intelligent ideas in a world full of …quite the opposite.
Frankly this podcast makes me feel less alone against the hype and I am grateful for smarter minds than mine too.
Frankly this podcast makes me feel less alone against the hype and I am grateful for smarter minds than mine too.
Recent events in the US would suggest that some people don’t actually need the ring of Gyges.
February 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Recent events in the US would suggest that some people don’t actually need the ring of Gyges.
Now seeking: a term for the unique cognitive whiplash of trying to worry about and mitigate problems at multiple levels of personal, sociological, and historical scale.
February 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Now seeking: a term for the unique cognitive whiplash of trying to worry about and mitigate problems at multiple levels of personal, sociological, and historical scale.
So… How do we go about starting a public campaign wherein everyone mails their Waffle House receipts to the White House, asking to be reimbursed for the egg surcharge?
www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/f...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/f...
Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells | CNN Business
The soaring price of eggs has forced Waffle House to add a temporary surcharge on customers’ orders.
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So… How do we go about starting a public campaign wherein everyone mails their Waffle House receipts to the White House, asking to be reimbursed for the egg surcharge?
www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/f...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/f...
How do we change this conversation? The "where do you start" point should NOT be about which size 🔧 is right for the job. We should be talking about blind acceptance of 🔧 industry hype and if—given what it takes to make 🔧—there is any ethical/moral way to make them part of daily practice.
February 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
How do we change this conversation? The "where do you start" point should NOT be about which size 🔧 is right for the job. We should be talking about blind acceptance of 🔧 industry hype and if—given what it takes to make 🔧—there is any ethical/moral way to make them part of daily practice.
The phrase "irony alert" in the title doesn't quite go far enough.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/i...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/i...
Irony alert: Anthropic says applicants shouldn’t use LLMs
We agree with Anthropic: People shouldn’t use its AI to hide bad communication skills.
arstechnica.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The phrase "irony alert" in the title doesn't quite go far enough.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/i...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/i...
Writing: I love it, but it's so hard.
January 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Writing: I love it, but it's so hard.
The only difference between “nowhere” and “now here” is a little bit of space. Think about it.
January 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The only difference between “nowhere” and “now here” is a little bit of space. Think about it.