Andy Liddell
@andyliddell.bsky.social
Principal, EdTech Law Center
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“Researching and reflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm. Critical reflection without appropriate action is thus quintessentially critical washing."
-- @marentierra.bsky.social et al, (2025).
-- @marentierra.bsky.social et al, (2025).
Critical AI Literacy: Beyond hegemonic perspectives on sustainability
How can universities resist being coopted and corrupted by the AI industries’ agendas? Originally published here: https://rcsc.substack.com/p/critical-ai-literacy-beyond-hegemonic
zenodo.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
“Researching and reflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm. Critical reflection without appropriate action is thus quintessentially critical washing."
-- @marentierra.bsky.social et al, (2025).
-- @marentierra.bsky.social et al, (2025).
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"These generative AI systems give sometimes correct and sometimes wrong information. The errors are not bugs, but by design. They "predict" next words based on probabilities. Facts are not their forte." (Sigh)
The European Commission uses ChatGPT outputs in public documents.
@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties
www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties
www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
European Commission breaches own AI guidelines by using ChatGPT in public documents
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its use of generative AI in public documents, which likely violates its own guidelines and its obligation under...
www.iccl.ie
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"These generative AI systems give sometimes correct and sometimes wrong information. The errors are not bugs, but by design. They "predict" next words based on probabilities. Facts are not their forte." (Sigh)
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"Sure, our plagiarism machine ingests enormous amounts of copyrighted material without anyone's permission, but it's the users of the machine who are the 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 criminals, your honor." 🙄🙄
Just unbelievable levels of chutzpah.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Just unbelievable levels of chutzpah.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"Sure, our plagiarism machine ingests enormous amounts of copyrighted material without anyone's permission, but it's the users of the machine who are the 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 criminals, your honor." 🙄🙄
Just unbelievable levels of chutzpah.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Just unbelievable levels of chutzpah.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
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"Computers [and phones] became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue."
Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"Computers [and phones] became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue."
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This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Starting to explain to my 8-year-old why we don’t play Roblox, thinking the better of it, and then saying, “We just don’t.”
Don’t let your kids play Roblox.
Don’t let your kids play Roblox.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Starting to explain to my 8-year-old why we don’t play Roblox, thinking the better of it, and then saying, “We just don’t.”
Don’t let your kids play Roblox.
Don’t let your kids play Roblox.
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One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @deccamuldowney.bsky.social and I write about OpenAI's transparent attempt to shift accountability.
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OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
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"What if none of this was a good idea to begin with?"
I reviewed Enshittification, and the internet, for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
I reviewed Enshittification, and the internet, for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
How Much Worse Could the Internet Get?
Cory Doctorow’s “Enshittification” is premised on the idea that we created a technological marvel and then corporate greed ruined it. But what if that is not the case?
newrepublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"What if none of this was a good idea to begin with?"
I reviewed Enshittification, and the internet, for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
I reviewed Enshittification, and the internet, for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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Just in time for Christmas.
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Just in time for Christmas.
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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Today's new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report is a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the entire AI sector: data center real estate, GPU markets, private credit, you name it.
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
publicenterprise.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today's new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report is a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the entire AI sector: data center real estate, GPU markets, private credit, you name it.
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
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Buried deep in the bill to end the government shutdown is a provision that would let Republican senators whose phone records were seized during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection sue the federal government for damages.
Lawmakers outraged by provision allowing senators to sue over Jan. 6 records
The House won’t block the bill to reopen the government over the language, but Speaker Mike Johnson said he’ll seek to undo it next week.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Buried deep in the bill to end the government shutdown is a provision that would let Republican senators whose phone records were seized during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection sue the federal government for damages.
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"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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Written by New York copy chief Carl Rosen.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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OMG i made the @nymag.com copy editing newsletter AGAIN AND HE CALLED ME A *REGULAR* 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 i'm famous
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
OMG i made the @nymag.com copy editing newsletter AGAIN AND HE CALLED ME A *REGULAR* 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 i'm famous
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win. Please do repeat this insight.
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win. Please do repeat this insight.
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i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
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A shout-out to @jessgrose.bsky.social, who gave voice to these concerns early in this groundswell:
Opinion | Screens Are Everywhere in Schools. Do They Actually Help Kids Learn? (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A shout-out to @jessgrose.bsky.social, who gave voice to these concerns early in this groundswell:
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These two teachers echo my experience.
In Praise of Paper
The tech that can get students reading and writing
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
These two teachers echo my experience.
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So glad to see more teachers voices being elevated on issues they know best -- and to see screens in schools getting attention while AI mania is being pushed on K-12.
Kindergartners With Chromebooks: 350 Teachers on How Screens Took Over School
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
So glad to see more teachers voices being elevated on issues they know best -- and to see screens in schools getting attention while AI mania is being pushed on K-12.
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Related:
Some Texas private schools hire relatives and enrich insiders. Soon they can do it with taxpayer money. - The Texas Tribune
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.texastribune.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Related:
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ICYMI, here's part of why Alpha's PR team is on overdrive:
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
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
ICYMI, here's part of why Alpha's PR team is on overdrive:
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Google again invokes "learning science" in its new visionary report about how "AI can transform education". Is there actually any scientific substance to it (since it doesn't cite any), or is it just appropriating the language of learning science to suit its tech? blog.google/outreach-ini...
AI and learning: A new chapter for students and educators
How Google approaches AI and education, from our tools to our commitment to responsibility.
blog.google
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Google again invokes "learning science" in its new visionary report about how "AI can transform education". Is there actually any scientific substance to it (since it doesn't cite any), or is it just appropriating the language of learning science to suit its tech? blog.google/outreach-ini...
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"There are, of course, real reasons to worry about the sustainability of the boom. Chief among them is that there is far more AI computing infrastructure spending than there is AI revenue, a gulf that is widening by the day."
The AI Boom Is Looking More and More Fragile
AI stocks have swung downward as doubt rises about sustainability and payoff.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"There are, of course, real reasons to worry about the sustainability of the boom. Chief among them is that there is far more AI computing infrastructure spending than there is AI revenue, a gulf that is widening by the day."