Great article by Natasha Singer. The appearance of Matter and Space was particularly wild!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...

This was the bit that got me. Look, grifters have always lurked around religious spaces for obvious reasons. It just floors me how brazen this is.

Two new fossil gas plants :(

IMO the way you REALLY know that they're spouting bullshit is when they invoke "neuroscience." I would challenge anyone to explain how neuroscience is remotely useful in figuring out how "AI could support learning responsibly."

The CSM report identifies conditions under which AI could be useful, but I wish it provided better guidance than this. I don't necessarily disagree, but I'm not sure that educators can readily tell when these conditions are being met.

Read this in a published research study (about an "intelligent tutoring system") and just can't get it out of my head.

Here's the preceding paragraph. Who's living in a fantasy, exactly?

Apparently students are going to absolutely LOVE taking courses that are taught by AI! Professors: Get ready, because AI is coming for your jobs!

The paper cited in this article includes this statement about avoiding anthropomorphism. But when you're assessing the "anxiety" of a piece of software...

In the NYTimes article, the lead author says, "If ChatGPT kind of behaves like a human, maybe we can treat it like a human."
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Dubious, breathless claims about AI and science... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/t...

I opened Firefox and saw this today. Finally! I've always wanted to make sure that I am fully distracted all the time, especially when I am working or writing! Thanks, Firefox 😍

The final quote says it all. Whose labor is being saved?

This is just bizarre. Sort of seems like they want to be the ones to decide which disabilities are the "real ones." But they couldn't figure out how to do that, so they're just blowing it all up? So, some kind of mix of cruel and incompetent?

Check out this fancy new AI Snake Oil we have here! Step right up! You, sir, in the back, yes you! Come right up and slide this Snake Oil right over your ears and into your brain. Yes, that's right, this new Snake Oil connects right in to your synapses for maximum health benefit. Only $699!

I'm also looking at Eryk Salvaggio's critical read of the course and it's pretty spot on

mail.cyberneticforests.com/how-does-ope...

Heaven forbid that rebuilding is *delayed* in any way. We need new tinderboxes posthaste!

I felt compelled to read this. I figured it would give me a direct line to the ideology of AI EdTech Hype. My hope is to gain some understanding of how it works. Wish me luck.

Just finished this, and I highly recommend! Helen Phillips creates an unsettling world of surveillance and pervasive advertising. No epic conflict here - just a mother trying to raise a family and live a *human* life in a bewildering world. It's an eerie look at the future we may be heading toward.