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What credible people across AI noticed, why it matters, and where the field is converging or disagreeing.
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2 directory members surfaced this signal.
“And now the media heavyweights weigh in. @danagoldstein.bsky.social does a thorough job reporting on the ed-tech ambitions of Alpha School, and whether existing claims about its effectiveness withstand scrutiny (answer: no). Appreciate the nod to my reporti…”
4 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.
Risks, limits and unintended consequences.
“AI “is something like a cognitive version of a hot dog,” @benjaminjriley.bsky.social writes. “It appeals to us in the moment, but undermines the health and sustainability of cognitive systems we’ve evolved over several millennia.” www.theverge.com/ai-artifi…”
2 directory members surfaced this signal.
“BlueSky world, I'm looking for: -- US-based creatives (illustrators, film, art, but *not just writing*) -- Who radically oppose AI intrusion into education & schools -- And have created something(s) demonstrating their resistance Is that you? Know someone? …”
2 directory members surfaced this signal.
Risks, limits and unintended consequences.
“For those who encountered a paywall last week, I've just republished my essay with The Verge on human evolution and the danger of AI as "cognitive hot dog" on my personal site. Same essay, slightly evolved headline, and includes animated graphics of two ver…”
How teams are shipping and applying it.
““Effortful thinking is hard, and if we’re offered technological off-ramps, we’ll take them.. As cognitive delegation spreads, ‘the social environment that supports autonomous reasoning can weaken’” buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/our-minds-...”
1 directory member surfaced this signal.
“Next Friday October 30th, I’ll be delivering a public talk on What Makes Us Human? as part of a series hosted the Critical Studies of AI and Education Network. If curious, description and form to register are pasted below — starts early for the UK-based aud…”
2 directory members surfaced this signal.
“I published this in 2024. It remains as true today as it did then — though in need of a refresh on so-called agentic AI, which somehow manages to be even worse for education than chatbots. Free to download here: www.cognitiveresonance.net/resources”
2 directory members surfaced this signal.
“Curious @brendanbartanen.bsky.social if you’ve examined the underlying research that I cover here? www.educationnext.org/the-penalty-...”
1 directory member surfaced this signal.
“Link to story, nice to be quoted next to my friend and collaborator @dtwuva.bsky.social sfstandard.com/2026/10/21/a...”
1 directory member surfaced this signal.
“Indeed, some will end badly, and life will stop going on for them www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/w...”
4 experts are actively discussing the implications.
“My views on this have likewise changed, I agree that the mythological separation of mind from body, and also treating the former as purely a computer, has created quite a mess. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...”
1 directory member surfaced this signal.
“It's not. But adopting the mindset that we cannot stop AI intrusion furthers that very intrusion, a sort of learned helplessness that Big Tech relies upon to create the myth that "AI is inevitable." @tressiemcphd.bsky.social articulates this better than I e…”
1 directory member surfaced this signal.
“I suspect videos such as this one terrify Alpha School leadership more than my written reports. For the terminally online, losing control of the discourse on YouTube and TikTok is hard to handle. (Pretty sure this guy used my reporting without crediting me,…”
1 directory member surfaced this signal.
“Perhaps we might accept there are some big words we use that inherently have something ineffable to them. Justice. Solidarity. Understanding. Consciousness. I have found Helen Keller’s discussion of her own cognition fascinating on this topic. buildcognitiv…”
2 experts are actively discussing the implications.
“Man this has been plaguing me. Groped at the issue here: buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/ai-goes-of...”
1 directory member surfaced this signal.
“Watching a false public narrative being ripped apart by veteran journalists is fascinating, both as participant and as source. Excellent reporting on Alpha School here from the Evanston Roundtable.”