hello fellow xennial

(1983 baby here)

yeah, it's for sure not new. it just seems really obsessive at times, to the point of delusion

oh of course, there are differences, because people have grown up in different contexts, with different experiences - i'm not denying that - and i'm not saying it's not worthwhile to study those differences. it's more the way social media encourages generational allegiances and animosities

i didn't even like the "innovative teaching methods" - which somehow managed to take simple concepts and make them convoluted - so i'm sure AI would have made me hate math (one of my fav subjects in grade school)

the general vibe of the story was "some teachers are a little bit scared of AI, but they just need to figure out how to be friends with it"

so pretty much they're doing propaganda for AI companies and administrators who insist on AI - by making it sound like a fait accompli

*screams in former math student*

also the CBC people are not questioning whether or not AI *should* be integrated into the classroom. they're assuming it will be, and it's just a matter of policies to make the integration good

they interviewed a math teacher who said he teaches his students how to turn ChatGPT into a tutor

"Thanks to AI we can finally automate the stuff teachers do and have them focus on what really matters, filling out compliance paperwork"

is there such a thing as fan-noise+heat-induced psychosis

and then it's supposed to get smoky later tonight. so much for enjoying summer

even when i turn off the fans, it feels like my brain keeps buzzing and spinning

i’m guessing the US has a different humidity scale, because it’s regularly 100% humidity here - and, like, it has got to be more humid there?

i actually think this book is worse than Abundance, despite the actual writing being better

it sounds like it’s propaganda written for real estate developers. like, i have actually seen landlords use the very same arguments and images to sell demoviction as vitality and progress

i read that a lot of his work was dictated to his wife, who typed it, and then it was never edited