John Warner

Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com

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Two encouraging data points on the road to broad recognition that it's important to get students writing, rather than doing automation-assisted document production. 1st from @drrebeccawinthrop.bsky.social on a large study that showed using AI decreases original ideas. www.nyti…

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I've not digested Pope Leo's encyclical on technology and AI, but it strikes me that in terms of saying something clear in its message, it helps to start from a place of values. Not coincidentally, this is the same advice I give to higher ed institutions. www.insidehighered.co…

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I think schools and colleges/universities should be starting with learning and go from there, but this not the way many seem to be considering AI's impact on education. We have to confront the question of what matters and come up with a satisfactory answer. www.insidehighered.…

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Anthropic wants to sprinkle AI woo-woo throughout the world because the mysticism makes their work seem more meaningful and suggests we must tread carefully as we regulate it. Resist the woo-woo! biblioracle.substack.com/p/can-we-ple...

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