Stephen Aguilar
@stephenaguilar.com
Educational researcher focused on EdTech x AI,student engagement and motivation. Associate professor at USC Rossier. Associate Director of USC Center for Generative AI and Society
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Stephen Aguilar
@stephenaguilar.com
· Feb 8
Authenticating Intelligence Book — Stephen J. Aguilar
Authenticating Intelligence offers a fresh, balanced perspective on the role AI can—and should—play in the classroom. This essential guide explores the opportunities AI presents while highlighting the...
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Good news! Over the next year or so I will be writing my first book, published by @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
"Authenticating Intelligence: Preventing AI from Hijacking Education"
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The new "bible" of Educational Measurement is out (open-access version available at the top right). This is the go-to resource for the next decade about all things measurement, including my chapter with @andrewdeanho.bsky.social on test-based accountability global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The new "bible" of Educational Measurement is out (open-access version available at the top right). This is the go-to resource for the next decade about all things measurement, including my chapter with @andrewdeanho.bsky.social on test-based accountability global.oup.com/academic/pro...
I decided to make a GenAI application that insults my painting. (The sass is programmed in, as is the fairly useful advice!)
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January 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I decided to make a GenAI application that insults my painting. (The sass is programmed in, as is the fairly useful advice!)
sysero.netlify.app
sysero.netlify.app
Hear that? FOR FUN @mpolikoff.bsky.social
If boomers and Gen X are puzzled that youngsters are not required to endure the same mastering cursive that they were, they might be even more surprised to hear that some are learning the craft for fun.
Meet the middle-schoolers keeping cursive alive, one swoop at a time
Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Hear that? FOR FUN @mpolikoff.bsky.social
I'm honestly more concerned about Michelangelo here. He's seen some shit.
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I'm honestly more concerned about Michelangelo here. He's seen some shit.
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Happy New Year.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
a man with a beard and a black shirt is sitting in a dark room and says `` not amused '' .
ALT: a man with a beard and a black shirt is sitting in a dark room and says `` not amused '' .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Happy New Year.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
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“An AI scientist, for example, could figure out how the human brain works, or deliver any gene to any cell in the body.”
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Building an AI Scientist
Hertz Fellow Sam Rodriguez launched FutureHouse, a nonprofit research lab working toward building an AI scientist or AI systems that can automate scientific research in biology and other complex scien...
www.hertzfoundation.org
December 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“An AI scientist, for example, could figure out how the human brain works, or deliver any gene to any cell in the body.”
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
I dunno, seems like Musk still needs to workout doorhandles and safety features before he tackles space data centers.
Musk's latest completely bullshit promise is "within 5 years we'll be building AI data centers in space" and I'm going ... do you have any idea how hard it was to build the ISS, what a truly monumental effort it was to build something that's around 100m end to end
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I dunno, seems like Musk still needs to workout doorhandles and safety features before he tackles space data centers.
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
Things bring me back. Front page was the software I used to make my dad's first website for his small business!
December 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Things bring me back. Front page was the software I used to make my dad's first website for his small business!
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"the best practices of the future might involve publishing experimental or quasi-experimental results in tandem with qualitative or survey-based studies on the same intervention."
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
A more expansive approach to studying what works in education | Brookings
James Soland urges a broader approach to education research, combining causal and qualitative studies to show what works.
www.brookings.edu
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"the best practices of the future might involve publishing experimental or quasi-experimental results in tandem with qualitative or survey-based studies on the same intervention."
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
And by “other guy” I mean my gal Sumi, who is very much against (necessary) baths.
December 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
And by “other guy” I mean my gal Sumi, who is very much against (necessary) baths.
You should see the other guy.
December 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
You should see the other guy.
I dunno but I liked it when we could use direct language to refer to blatant lying.
Lizzy G The Equalizer & Stupid Jokes every once in a while!💙💙💙💙
@brown-eyed-girl32.bsky.social
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Trump admin fudged the numbers to make faltering economy look better: economists
Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik writes that President Donald Trump and his helpers are cheering prematurely over some good economic numbers that came out this month.On Dec. 18, the Bureau o...
www.alternet.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I dunno but I liked it when we could use direct language to refer to blatant lying.
This is the best problem to have.
I made so much food this afternoon. So many leftovers. But good ones.
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is the best problem to have.
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Those of us who saw it up close knew this. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut... There is absolutely no joy in saying I told you so.
December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Those of us who saw it up close knew this. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut... There is absolutely no joy in saying I told you so.
Poor citations practices are tricky to resolve! Something like this would be great. Some journals get close with highlights but given that scholarly work is more accessible now than before, our writing practices should shift as well.
Always good advice, below. In addition, I've seen my papers cited for claims that are only tangentially related to the paper's main point(s). I'd like to see a "Highlights" type feature, for every paper, that is simply: "Here are the claims this paper can support."
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Poor citations practices are tricky to resolve! Something like this would be great. Some journals get close with highlights but given that scholarly work is more accessible now than before, our writing practices should shift as well.
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Enjoy the weekend. My procrastination project is live:
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huegrid.color.pizza
December 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Enjoy the weekend. My procrastination project is live:
huegrid.color.pizza
huegrid.color.pizza
Full quote by Marcus Aurelius, one of my favorite Stoics behind Seneca and Cicero.
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Full quote by Marcus Aurelius, one of my favorite Stoics behind Seneca and Cicero.
"He who has a vehement desire for posthumous fame does not consider that every one of those who remember him will also die very soon...also they who have succeeded them, until the whole remembrance shall have been extinguished as it is transmitted through men who foolishly admire and perish."
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"He who has a vehement desire for posthumous fame does not consider that every one of those who remember him will also die very soon...also they who have succeeded them, until the whole remembrance shall have been extinguished as it is transmitted through men who foolishly admire and perish."
Hey @arneduncan.bsky.social, I got the go-ahead from my publisher to share an early proof of my book, "Authenticating Intelligence: Preventing AI from Hijacking Education."
Would love to send it your way if you're interested!
Would love to send it your way if you're interested!
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hey @arneduncan.bsky.social, I got the go-ahead from my publisher to share an early proof of my book, "Authenticating Intelligence: Preventing AI from Hijacking Education."
Would love to send it your way if you're interested!
Would love to send it your way if you're interested!
Not sure if the arguments are similar, but this book by Martha Nussbaum had a similar thesis (emotions are important tools of cognition) and influenced my thinking a lot when I was at UChicago.
December 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Not sure if the arguments are similar, but this book by Martha Nussbaum had a similar thesis (emotions are important tools of cognition) and influenced my thinking a lot when I was at UChicago.
In the before times if we missed a key moment during a premier we were SOL until a rerun that might never come. Trueley the stone age.
I just had to explain the concept of reruns to a research assistant so if anybody needs me I’ll be registering for AARP
December 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In the before times if we missed a key moment during a premier we were SOL until a rerun that might never come. Trueley the stone age.
Oh no he's now only ranked 3rd in the unreasonably and unfathomably wealthy chart. I wonder how he'll survive the embarrassment.
The cloud services giant reported quarterly revenue that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.
Larry Ellison—Losing $31 Billion—Stumbles To No. 3 Richest As Oracle Shares Plummet
The cloud services giant reported quarterly revenue that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Oh no he's now only ranked 3rd in the unreasonably and unfathomably wealthy chart. I wonder how he'll survive the embarrassment.
In the age of PDF publishing I really don't get overly restrictive word count requirements. Including references is also madness.
Nothing better than spending an entire morning working to add all the things R1 and R2 want and then methodically deleting 1-2 words at a time to get your paper back under the word count limit (that inexplicably includes references?!?). This is what I always dreamed professoring would be like.
December 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In the age of PDF publishing I really don't get overly restrictive word count requirements. Including references is also madness.