Adam Kaiserman
@realkais.bsky.social
Professor, Teacher, Writer
Post-45 US Lit & Mass Media
Post-45 US Lit & Mass Media
To experience becoming is exactly what’s wrong with LLMs in education.
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
To experience becoming is exactly what’s wrong with LLMs in education.
Tis the season for betrayal.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tis the season for betrayal.
Did Ross Douthat ruin the NYT opinion section?
No, but he did make it worse.
No, but he did make it worse.
To quote Moonstruck: That’s impossible! It was ruined when I got here.
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Did Ross Douthat ruin the NYT opinion section?
No, but he did make it worse.
No, but he did make it worse.
It's called retirement.
"In losing, Cuomo is repeating some family history . . . Andrew Cuomo was a college student during his father’s campaign. He is now 67, and it remains to be seen what his future holds"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
"In losing, Cuomo is repeating some family history . . . Andrew Cuomo was a college student during his father’s campaign. He is now 67, and it remains to be seen what his future holds"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Update from Benjamin Oreskes
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It's called retirement.
"In losing, Cuomo is repeating some family history . . . Andrew Cuomo was a college student during his father’s campaign. He is now 67, and it remains to be seen what his future holds"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
"In losing, Cuomo is repeating some family history . . . Andrew Cuomo was a college student during his father’s campaign. He is now 67, and it remains to be seen what his future holds"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
This is now two baseball games long. Therefore, this should count for the 3rd and 4th game in the World Series.
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This is now two baseball games long. Therefore, this should count for the 3rd and 4th game in the World Series.
I’m tired and I’ve just been WATCHING baseball for six and a half hours; I can’t imagine what it’s like to be playing for that long.
October 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I’m tired and I’ve just been WATCHING baseball for six and a half hours; I can’t imagine what it’s like to be playing for that long.
I am planning a Canvas-free, device-free US literature 1 survey course for spring. One out of class essay, the rest will be exams, a commonplace book, and in-class activities like a lab.
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I am planning a Canvas-free, device-free US literature 1 survey course for spring. One out of class essay, the rest will be exams, a commonplace book, and in-class activities like a lab.
Again, we need to tax the ultra wealthy to protect us from their ideas.
October 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Again, we need to tax the ultra wealthy to protect us from their ideas.
Is there still a lot of lead paint in Silicon Valley?
Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon
Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Is there still a lot of lead paint in Silicon Valley?
Reposted by Adam Kaiserman
The basic structure of so much commentary, some in the guise of academic study, reduces to:
(1) generative AI products are detrimental to the goals of education
(2) therefore, the goals of education must change.
Without the tacit axiom that AI has authority behind it, that just doesn’t follow.
(1) generative AI products are detrimental to the goals of education
(2) therefore, the goals of education must change.
Without the tacit axiom that AI has authority behind it, that just doesn’t follow.
October 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The basic structure of so much commentary, some in the guise of academic study, reduces to:
(1) generative AI products are detrimental to the goals of education
(2) therefore, the goals of education must change.
Without the tacit axiom that AI has authority behind it, that just doesn’t follow.
(1) generative AI products are detrimental to the goals of education
(2) therefore, the goals of education must change.
Without the tacit axiom that AI has authority behind it, that just doesn’t follow.
Reposted by Adam Kaiserman
this is like a miniature symphony in three movements
October 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
this is like a miniature symphony in three movements
Teaching and learning is hard work worth doing.
👇🎯 These people will never stop trying to get rich by telling everyone they can learn & teach w/o doing the actual hard work of learning & teaching. They peddle fake alternatives to the hard daily grind of education because they're greedy & lazy. They're charlatans, & we should treat them as such.
Folks, the way to read the NYT article about OpenAI and higher education is to recognize that the person OpenAI hired to lead their effort came from Coursera. Remember when Coursera and MOOCs were going to cause the reinvention of higher education?
September 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Teaching and learning is hard work worth doing.
Turns out big pharma is better than no pharma.
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Turns out big pharma is better than no pharma.
I cancelled my account when they turned an article of mine into an AI podcast without my consent. This is a real 🚨🚨🚨🔥 situation now.
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I cancelled my account when they turned an article of mine into an AI podcast without my consent. This is a real 🚨🚨🚨🔥 situation now.
A big reason to tax billionaires is to protect the rest of us from their stupid ideas.
September 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
A big reason to tax billionaires is to protect the rest of us from their stupid ideas.
“When students realize their own humanity is at stake in their education, they are deeply invested in it. . . The real threat to liberal learning is from an administrative class that is content to offer students far less than their own humanity calls for — and deserves.”
“It’s not tht traditional liberal learning is out of step w student demand. Instead, it’s out of step w priorities, values & desires of a powerful board of trustees… & an administrative class tht won’t fight for the liberal arts… even when it attracts major $$ gifts”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Opinion | This Is Who’s Really Driving the Decline in Interest in Liberal Arts Education
Students want to study the humanities and liberal arts. But university administrators keep getting in the way.
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“When students realize their own humanity is at stake in their education, they are deeply invested in it. . . The real threat to liberal learning is from an administrative class that is content to offer students far less than their own humanity calls for — and deserves.”
What if the Turing Test isn't a good measure of intelligence?
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
What if the Turing Test isn't a good measure of intelligence?
Electrolite
September 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Electrolite
Reposted by Adam Kaiserman
“The logical conclusion of a technofeudal oligarchy combining forces with an authoritarian political movement is compulsory enrollment in the security state’s platform architecture of surveillance, indoctrination, and behavioral modification.”
Against Technofeudal Education
Pillars For Protecting Our "Core Infrastructure" From OpenAI
theamericanvandal.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“The logical conclusion of a technofeudal oligarchy combining forces with an authoritarian political movement is compulsory enrollment in the security state’s platform architecture of surveillance, indoctrination, and behavioral modification.”
I am not that optimistic. #youknowwhatImean
August 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I am not that optimistic. #youknowwhatImean
I’m a college educator and proud union rep and negotiator here and while I am not speaking for my union let me say . . . No in thunder.
AI is not helping education. It’s a bullshitting device that spews misinformation and develops dependency. It is the opposite of enlightenment.
AI is not helping education. It’s a bullshitting device that spews misinformation and develops dependency. It is the opposite of enlightenment.
Who would have thought? The point is AI brings both promise & challenge & educators must shape how it’s used in schools & society. That’s why we launched the Nat’l Academy for AI Instruction: to help teachers navigate AI safely, effectively & ethically. #TIME100AI of 2025. time.com/collections/...
TIME100 AI 2025: Randi Weingarten
Find out why Randi Weingarten made TIME’s list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence
time.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I’m a college educator and proud union rep and negotiator here and while I am not speaking for my union let me say . . . No in thunder.
AI is not helping education. It’s a bullshitting device that spews misinformation and develops dependency. It is the opposite of enlightenment.
AI is not helping education. It’s a bullshitting device that spews misinformation and develops dependency. It is the opposite of enlightenment.
I filed mine. Remember to file yours!
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
August 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I filed mine. Remember to file yours!
Watching Casablanca today. We need more anti-fascist films!
August 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Watching Casablanca today. We need more anti-fascist films!
A class that could not be an email.
August 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A class that could not be an email.