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Erica Stevens
@ericastevens.bsky.social
Texas community college English instructor
Starting to feel like there’s only two options for next semester re AI:

- Absolute zero tolerance, let the students get furious, let admin be swamped under complaints

- Give up completely, pass ‘em all if that’s what my institution wants, find the few who care, & save my time
May 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I know I obsessively read everything about AI, but *this* article is exactly right about everything. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A crisis of trust in the classroom (opinion)
The work of teaching has never been harder, Seth C. Bruggeman writes.
www.insidehighered.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I have been very anti-“it’s important to teach students email etiquette” respectability.

Buuuuuuut the students are now fully treating email like text messaging (they even say “I’ll text you” to me) and rapid-fire message me multiple times in a row. Nopeeee nope nope.
May 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ted Chiang’s AI piece is excellent, but I’ve been thinking a lot about his speculative op-ed and the idea that AI is supposed to “democratize education.”

Students at elite institutions can afford to take time to learn & avoid AI.

www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/o...
Opinion | It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning (Published 2019)
DNA tweaks won’t fix our problems.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The people who say, “Well, AI’s not going away…” in meetings like they’re sharing something I don’t lie in bed grinding my teeth over make me so so mad.
April 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’m realllllly trying to not feel salty, so as an academic in TX who has already been living with anti-DEI terror for a year… uh, welcome, y’all!

Just FYI: you may want to read about our Senate Bill 37. Cause they’re coming for Faculty Senates and ethnic studies.
April 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I know academia has been fucked for a long time, but AI, student deportations, and anti-DEI all hitting at once is truly too much. (I’m having trouble being around people who aren’t horrified every second.)
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m not joking. This is so sad, it almost made me throw up. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jfsFrK/
#skit #future #pov #fyp #dystopian
TikTok video by Caroline
www.tiktok.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My two favorite performances of 2025 so far: Tom Sandoval humming nursery rhymes and Mark Duplass playing Michael Barnett. (Both creepy lil psychos!)
April 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I wrote about Bartleby and AI!!! 💀✉️

www.c19society.org/teachingc19a...
#TeachingC19 | C19 Society
www.c19society.org
April 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM