A weekly newsletter where I share ideas from about nurturing learning and curiosity with technology.
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Conversation starters and the beauty of forgetting
Hello, Four weeks ago, I committed to a tiny experiment for the month of September where I would send 3 weekly learnings. Today is the last week. Since I started, I’ve also: A lot of these are part of a larger goal I’m pursuing to better understand how we learn with technology and create new…
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All your homework are belong to us
Hello everyone, The title of this post might give away my age and nerdiness levels, but for many reasons it felt apt, and I just couldn’t help myself. This week’s themes deal with corporate responsibility, what it means to interact with machines, and how our mental models of chat can get in the way of…
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Less chatbots, more layers, better relationships
Hello everyone, This week came together as a single theme related different aspects of relationships in learning. Less chatbots, more layers A chatbot is a pretty bad tool for anyone trying to develop expert behaviour because they require full conversations each time you want to get anything done. Imagine steering your car with your voice…
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Calculators are not addictive
Hello everyone, Before diving into the three reads this week, I am happy to share that my TEDx Talk on AI, education, and critical thinking went live last Thursday and you can now watch it! I can’t believe it’s already gone over 50,000 views in just 4 days 🤯. If you’ve subscribed to my newsletter…
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Learn why things mean, not what
Welcome back from what was hopefully a refreshing long labor day weekend! First of all, thank you to everyone who attended my Lunch & Learn YouTube premiere on Wednesday last week! It’s my first 20 minute video essay, where I was focusing on the specifics of why ChatGPT’s new “Study Mode” is still nowhere near…
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Join my Lunch and Learn on the missed potential for learning with ChatGPT
Two months ago I gave a TEDx Talk about AI’s potential impact on learning. Though you still can’t watch it, I’m happy to share the good reason why straight from the TEDx Team: This talk has been identified as one we’d like to share with our subscribers on YouTube, as it represents a valuable and timely…
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Can’t ride the AI bicycle? AI companies blame you.
I recently shared the video below about how AI interfaces for learning might be pedalling back on how computers were like “a bicycle for the mind”. It’s the famous metaphor by Steve Jobs that highlights how they help us move faster and go father. For learning with a computer, the metaphor is beautiful because of…
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AI companies think studying is just a dropdown menu away
Study modes hidden behind dropdown menus are cool, but there’s no reason to believe they will be used by students who most need them.
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Complacency around AI job replacement is insanity
Last week I couldn’t contain myself, and had to share the post below on LinkedIn. Excuse me, but: ???? THIS! Our society deserves better! “AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years, Amodei told [Axios] in an interview from his…
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Maybe we do need nutrition labels on software
Back in November 2023 I posited the idea of using nutrition labels for generative AI products. It wasn’t intended to be an in-depth exploration, but rather the beginnings of a mental model. The idea was to reframe these large language models (LLMs) as being neither all good nor all bad, but rather to take a…
