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Greetings, All,

The onslaught of AI-related think pieces, research, reports, and commentary continues this week. The conversation remains intense.

The most talked about piece among those working in or otherwise connected to higher education is this from James Walsh in New York Magazine: “Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College.” (Ap…[Read more]

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Greetings, All,

Sharing three readings we’ve been discussing this week, each profound and challenging in their own way.

Suffice it to say, British journalist and technology media critic Ed Zitron has had enough. This week he offered a rather forceful reaction against how the massive capitalization of the AI industry has distorted public…[Read more]

Greetings, All,

Sharing several noteworthy readings that caught our team’s attention this week…

We’ll start with the the White House’s Executive Order on “Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth,” issued Wednesday, the impacts of which are sure to reverberate through the American educational system in the coming year.…[Read more]

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The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) will hold ACH 2025,
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Greetings, All,

Below I’m sharing some relevant reading and watching from this week.

Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor have published a paper on “AI as Normal Technology,” which offers a rhetorical and analytical framework for thinking about AI developmental timelines, social impact, and policy responses. Lengthy and complex, but a tremendous…[Read more]

Hi All,

I’m sharing here an annotated list of readings/watchings from this week that our team has shared with the faculty who are participating in the Institute.

Feedback and discussion in this space is welcome!

• Emily Bender (computational linguist, and one of the most eloquent and powerful critics of AI) “debated” Sébastien Bubeck…

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