I don't know what's wrong with my academic colleagues who seem to have had their brains completely switched into the "off" position by AI propaganda, but the results are staggering. I just heard a faculty member sincerely and seriously claim that "in the next month, coding will be obsolete." ...
I understand that, until recently, a person who held a position as AI “czar” on my campus and who was engaging with both Palantir and OpenAI, and bringing those products to our campus, was apparently on CNN tonight, warning the public against them. So I guess he is echoing what I told him…
I'm going to do something I may never have done before, and share a major upside of the imposition of AI on everyone: It is uniting people from across the political spectrum, and in their local communities, to come together for collective opposition like no issue I recall in my memory. So, thanks?
Late night #AOIR2026 deep thoughts: “Sentient” AI is just a way to deny responsibility for what you made.
I love getting lectured by randoms about the nature of education and of pedagogy. And AI.
Story from the trenches of the insidiousness of AI hallucinations. This is from my friend, a leading researcher in the health sector, loosely speaking:
So,uh… are we talking about OpenAI and Hugging Face or?
Confidential to #AOIR2026 and AIR-L members: Velvet Vale will NOT be present at the conference because an AI "persona" cannot wear a badge. Whomp whomp!
Anyone know of one? “Breaking news: Trump rejects calls to rein in A.I., saying a smart president is all that’s needed”
