Anthony Wolf, MA
@aewolfai.bsky.social
I'll be posting my thoughts on various AI platforms for teachers and promoting good uses of LLMs. Read my thesis https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/1547/
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We must engage with #AIinEducation because to ban it outright overlooks the opportunity to teach how to use it correctly, to encourage fact checking and to punish misinformation which has been present since the essay mills and ghost writers. In the modern world, education must adapt or be undermined
Ditto. I've had talks with local pub school admins who thought about these concern *before* implementation
This is unbelievable and just totally unacceptable. A school district with 400,000 kids was allowing this to go on? My district's tech admin would have stopped this in one day
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ditto. I've had talks with local pub school admins who thought about these concern *before* implementation
It's been a while since I've posted about LLMs in schools because I've been in talks with my school about the large-scale ways the administration uses AI to handle information. It has been a rewarding experience and I'd love to see how other admins have guided AI use on that level.
#AIinEducation
#AIinEducation
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's been a while since I've posted about LLMs in schools because I've been in talks with my school about the large-scale ways the administration uses AI to handle information. It has been a rewarding experience and I'd love to see how other admins have guided AI use on that level.
#AIinEducation
#AIinEducation
GPT-5 is already made from outputs of GPT-4. There's no need to be theoretical.
Page 5 of the GPT-5 System Card
cdn.openai.com/gpt-5-system...
Page 5 of the GPT-5 System Card
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November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
GPT-5 is already made from outputs of GPT-4. There's no need to be theoretical.
Page 5 of the GPT-5 System Card
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Page 5 of the GPT-5 System Card
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Cisco for 300
Loved this piece from Cal Newport in the New Yorker about what if AI doesn't get much better than it is today, and not just because he quotes me
www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
August 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Cisco for 300
Great study and presentation. In the software, the mistakes of AI "vibe" coding can set back or even negate gains in software development in complex tasks. This is essential to understanding the AGI myth and how we can better apply AI to real world problem solving
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDD...
Does AI Actually Boost Developer Productivity? (100k Devs Study) - Yegor Denisov-Blanch, Stanford
YouTube video by AI Engineer
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Great study and presentation. In the software, the mistakes of AI "vibe" coding can set back or even negate gains in software development in complex tasks. This is essential to understanding the AGI myth and how we can better apply AI to real world problem solving
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDD...
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“The essential read” on GPT-5 and Sam Altman’s first major blunder.
Well over 100,000 people have read it.
Check it out!
Well over 100,000 people have read it.
Check it out!
GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that’s not the worst of it, by Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social / Marcus on AI - Substack garymarcus.substack.com/p/gpt-5-over...
GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that’s not the worst of it.
A new release botched … and a breaking research new paper that spells trouble
garymarcus.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“The essential read” on GPT-5 and Sam Altman’s first major blunder.
Well over 100,000 people have read it.
Check it out!
Well over 100,000 people have read it.
Check it out!
And OpenAI reversed the decision after major backlash. 👀
August 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
And OpenAI reversed the decision after major backlash. 👀
Calling the shot ahead of time: GPT-5 feels like a "the king is naked" moment. OpenAI rushed a play to pretend AGI was right around the corner so long as they had a little more data. That data is coming in at the expense of user experience in a too familiar feeling. #recessionindicator
August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Calling the shot ahead of time: GPT-5 feels like a "the king is naked" moment. OpenAI rushed a play to pretend AGI was right around the corner so long as they had a little more data. That data is coming in at the expense of user experience in a too familiar feeling. #recessionindicator
These polls corroborate my theory that students need to be occasionally shocked that AI fails so miserably. A good class reflection assignment is to read an AI summary with students and play "spot the difference" in a video.
The future of AI in higher education is unfolding.
Explore the latest insights from EDUCAUSE's AI Landscape Study.
#EDUCAUSE #AIinEducation
www.educause.edu/ecar/resear...
Explore the latest insights from EDUCAUSE's AI Landscape Study.
#EDUCAUSE #AIinEducation
www.educause.edu/ecar/resear...
July 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These polls corroborate my theory that students need to be occasionally shocked that AI fails so miserably. A good class reflection assignment is to read an AI summary with students and play "spot the difference" in a video.
Research quoting chatGPT or other LLMs in a self-referential way miss that fun house mirror problem: LLMs are trained on data about what people say of LLMs. You'll have better luck feeding the entire algorithm and pretraining data rather than trying to humanize a machine #aiedu #airesearch
July 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Research quoting chatGPT or other LLMs in a self-referential way miss that fun house mirror problem: LLMs are trained on data about what people say of LLMs. You'll have better luck feeding the entire algorithm and pretraining data rather than trying to humanize a machine #aiedu #airesearch
Genuine Question: I noticed that many university courses will teach AI in terms of "Narrow" vs "general" (or AGI). Why don't they teach it in terms of functionality (for example, algorithms with ML/DL, image generation with diffusion, and LLMs with GPTs)?
#ai #AIinEducation #educationalreserach
#ai #AIinEducation #educationalreserach
July 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Genuine Question: I noticed that many university courses will teach AI in terms of "Narrow" vs "general" (or AGI). Why don't they teach it in terms of functionality (for example, algorithms with ML/DL, image generation with diffusion, and LLMs with GPTs)?
#ai #AIinEducation #educationalreserach
#ai #AIinEducation #educationalreserach
I like the article, but I will disagree that schools are flying blind or that there isn't a solution to cheating. Document Tracking and Tool Demonstration. These are the two methods educators can use to counter cheating and checkout by students.
Uncertainty, FOMO, a jobs crisis, AI girlfriends, and intractable cheating — five trends I'm tracking as we break for summer
Looking back at the 2024-2025 school year, when AI got real for K12
open.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I like the article, but I will disagree that schools are flying blind or that there isn't a solution to cheating. Document Tracking and Tool Demonstration. These are the two methods educators can use to counter cheating and checkout by students.
We must engage with #AIinEducation because to ban it outright overlooks the opportunity to teach how to use it correctly, to encourage fact checking and to punish misinformation which has been present since the essay mills and ghost writers. In the modern world, education must adapt or be undermined
May 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We must engage with #AIinEducation because to ban it outright overlooks the opportunity to teach how to use it correctly, to encourage fact checking and to punish misinformation which has been present since the essay mills and ghost writers. In the modern world, education must adapt or be undermined
I mostly agree with the problem. I can speak to the nuances of using ChatGPT but without enforcement there will a 100 thousand "innovators" who will see college not for edu but for networking and sliding on through. At that point why bother to go? #aiineducation
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I mostly agree with the problem. I can speak to the nuances of using ChatGPT but without enforcement there will a 100 thousand "innovators" who will see college not for edu but for networking and sliding on through. At that point why bother to go? #aiineducation
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
I hate wholesale rejections because I think it ignores creative avenues for learning.
If the real question is the ethics, would a more ethically produced AI like Bloom be a better alternative?
If it's the pedagogy and "meeting students where they are at," what happens if that's -in part- some AI?
If the real question is the ethics, would a more ethically produced AI like Bloom be a better alternative?
If it's the pedagogy and "meeting students where they are at," what happens if that's -in part- some AI?
February 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I hate wholesale rejections because I think it ignores creative avenues for learning.
If the real question is the ethics, would a more ethically produced AI like Bloom be a better alternative?
If it's the pedagogy and "meeting students where they are at," what happens if that's -in part- some AI?
If the real question is the ethics, would a more ethically produced AI like Bloom be a better alternative?
If it's the pedagogy and "meeting students where they are at," what happens if that's -in part- some AI?
I disagree with the conclusions while agreeing with almost all of the premises. Let's talk about it if you have the time :)
www.linkedin.com/posts/anthon...
www.linkedin.com/posts/anthon...
January 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I disagree with the conclusions while agreeing with almost all of the premises. Let's talk about it if you have the time :)
www.linkedin.com/posts/anthon...
www.linkedin.com/posts/anthon...
On an entirely related note, I'm tickled by the fact that NN were cracked by modeling minds and deepseek cracked the next step by referencing mentorship in its modeling. #educationAI
January 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
On an entirely related note, I'm tickled by the fact that NN were cracked by modeling minds and deepseek cracked the next step by referencing mentorship in its modeling. #educationAI
That the work is consistency checks is essentially the same problem every expert and company deals with to craft the best response to a company's day-to-day. We might have a better hint into how to better encode the output if we recognize, model, & automate the process of verifying
January 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
That the work is consistency checks is essentially the same problem every expert and company deals with to craft the best response to a company's day-to-day. We might have a better hint into how to better encode the output if we recognize, model, & automate the process of verifying
I'm a little hesitant to opt into Deepseek experiments for the time being. The research looks good but these policies are worrisome in the same way red note is worrisome.
January 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm a little hesitant to opt into Deepseek experiments for the time being. The research looks good but these policies are worrisome in the same way red note is worrisome.
For the laymen trying to get into developing AI or understand its application, this is an incredibly insightful video on building with AI. I also recommend the Anthropic blog post it references in the details.
As for me, I'm definitely workflow AI > agent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx5O...
As for me, I'm definitely workflow AI > agent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx5O...
How to Build Effective AI Agents (without the hype)
YouTube video by Dave Ebbelaar
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
For the laymen trying to get into developing AI or understand its application, this is an incredibly insightful video on building with AI. I also recommend the Anthropic blog post it references in the details.
As for me, I'm definitely workflow AI > agent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx5O...
As for me, I'm definitely workflow AI > agent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx5O...
I just heard about "dirty sodas" and this just sounds like 7-11 swamp water and mocktail soda lounges I dreamed of as a kid.
January 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I just heard about "dirty sodas" and this just sounds like 7-11 swamp water and mocktail soda lounges I dreamed of as a kid.
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“LLMs amplify existing security risks and introduce new ones”
Even Microsoft sees it.
New paper at arXiv, discussed briefly below.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Even Microsoft sees it.
New paper at arXiv, discussed briefly below.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
“LLMs amplify existing security risks and introduce new ones”
also: “the work of securing AI systems will never be complete”
open.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“LLMs amplify existing security risks and introduce new ones”
Even Microsoft sees it.
New paper at arXiv, discussed briefly below.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Even Microsoft sees it.
New paper at arXiv, discussed briefly below.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
People too often forget that the legal protections are made by people and are as easily unmade and the first inconvenience
www.axios.com/2025/01/10/m...
www.axios.com/2025/01/10/m...
Exclusive: Meta kills DEI programs
The company cut its DEI programs as it pushes to make inroads with the Trump administration days after it ended its fact-checking programs.
www.axios.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
People too often forget that the legal protections are made by people and are as easily unmade and the first inconvenience
www.axios.com/2025/01/10/m...
www.axios.com/2025/01/10/m...
The conflict of interest is the worst part about this thread, but I highlight the public school issue because no AI system will stop a fight between students.
No AI system will sense the issues with bullying and harassment and intervene.
No AI system will set up the environment for learning.
No AI system will sense the issues with bullying and harassment and intervene.
No AI system will set up the environment for learning.
Unbound Academy hasn’t replaced teachers with AI, as they claim. Their 2x learning in 2hrs, as far as I can tell, comes from replacing poor kids with rich kids. Coming to a state near you. Keep an eye out. More here. 👇
danmeyer.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
danmeyer.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The Truth About 2 Hour Learning & Unbound Academy a/k/a The School “Replacing Teachers with AI”
They haven’t replaced teachers with AI. They have replaced poor kids with rich kids.
danmeyer.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The conflict of interest is the worst part about this thread, but I highlight the public school issue because no AI system will stop a fight between students.
No AI system will sense the issues with bullying and harassment and intervene.
No AI system will set up the environment for learning.
No AI system will sense the issues with bullying and harassment and intervene.
No AI system will set up the environment for learning.
arstechnica.com/information-...
The bias against non-native speakers in chatGPT mirrors the way that ESL learners were systemically targeted when using tutors to help improve their writing.
Elmesky's study on alleged "Cultural Mismatch" informed my thesis: doi.org/10.3102/0002...
The bias against non-native speakers in chatGPT mirrors the way that ESL learners were systemically targeted when using tutors to help improve their writing.
Elmesky's study on alleged "Cultural Mismatch" informed my thesis: doi.org/10.3102/0002...
Why AI writing detectors don’t work
Can AI writing detectors be trusted? We dig into the theory behind them.
arstechnica.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
arstechnica.com/information-...
The bias against non-native speakers in chatGPT mirrors the way that ESL learners were systemically targeted when using tutors to help improve their writing.
Elmesky's study on alleged "Cultural Mismatch" informed my thesis: doi.org/10.3102/0002...
The bias against non-native speakers in chatGPT mirrors the way that ESL learners were systemically targeted when using tutors to help improve their writing.
Elmesky's study on alleged "Cultural Mismatch" informed my thesis: doi.org/10.3102/0002...