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Narcissism, Friendship, Pornography and AI, pt. 3
Part One , in which chatbots become our pools. Part Two, in which Zuck wants to own your friends and the future. Rod Dreher has been...

Kevin D
Jun 242 min read


The APA Wades Into AI
H/T the Technosapiens Substack The American Psychological Association has released a health advisory with regards to adolescents and AI ....

Kevin D
Jun 173 min read


AI Thoughts: "AI and the Teaching of Writing"
Today's post is a response to Eric Hudson's " AI and the Teaching of Writing " from April 27 . Eric Hudson highlights six core...

Kevin D
Jun 102 min read


Rerum Novarum and Our Modern AI Moment - Part Four
Part One: Paragraphs 1-11, Sections 1 and 2; Introduction and Contra Socialism Part Two: Paragraphs 12-31, Sections 3 and 4; Society and...

Kevin D
May 303 min read


Rerum Novarum and Our Modern AI Moment - Part Three
Part One: Paragraphs 1-11, Sections 1 and 2; Introduction and Contra Socialism Part Two: Paragraphs 12-31, Sections 3 and 4; Society and...

Kevin D
May 295 min read


Rerum Novarum and Our Modern AI Moment - Part Two
Part One: Paragraphs 1-11, Sections 1 and 2; Introduction and Contra Socialism Reminder: This is my untrained analysis of Pope Leo XIII's...

Kevin D
May 284 min read


Rerum Novarum and Our Modern AI Moment - Part One
With the election of Pope Leo XIV and his cognizant choosing of the name Leo to draw a connection to his predecessor, Leo XIII, from the...

Kevin D
May 276 min read


Narcissism, Pornography, Friendship, and AI, Pt 2:
Part One , in which chatbots become our pools. Mark Zuckerberg sees this narcissism and loneliness as a market opportunity: ...the...

Kevin D
May 163 min read


Narcissism, Pornography, Friendship, and AI
The largest interactions with AI will most likely be on the individual engagement level. As always, a new online technology will be...

Kevin D
May 23 min read


The Promise and Peril of Chatbots: A Framework
In preparing to expand into the resolution phase of my brief series on chatbots and education (Their Promise and Peril Part 1 and Part...

Kevin D
Dec 4, 20244 min read


A.I. and Education: The Peril of Chatbots (2/x)
If Chatbots can usher in an era of more limited human interaction but greater personalized learning , what else do we need to fear as we...

Kevin D
Nov 14, 20244 min read


A.I. and Education: The Peril of Chatbots (1/x)
Last week , I pointed to the possibility of using chatbots as web-based tutors and aides in the classroom - assisting and monitoring...

Kevin D
Nov 5, 20242 min read


A.I. and Education: The Promise of Chatbots
Let's start with using AI as an extension of differentiation, assuming a support role in the classroom like an aide.

Kevin D
Oct 30, 20242 min read


Roses not Cows
As I continue to prepare and transition into a new role, I had the joy to listen to a conversation between Tyler Reagin and George Kamal...

Kevin D
Jul 14, 20212 min read


The Perils of Namesakes and Statues
Last night, I started reading the McCarrick report . There is a clear failure on the part of several of his brother bishops in the New...

Kevin D
Nov 11, 20203 min read
McCarrick and the Problems of Brotherhood
The report, more than 400 pages long, catalogues various reports made about McCarrick to Church officials, some of which were ignored,...

Kevin D
Nov 10, 20203 min read


The Loss of Socialization
Note: I have no degree. I have no research. I have only my own experience as a teacher, principal, and parent. The ultimate lead effect...

Kevin D
Apr 9, 20202 min read


Temptation in the Age of the Smartphone
"Do what you can, pray for what you cannot...if your smartphone causes you to sin, get a dumbphone." - Fr. Anthony Saroki, Homily,...

Kevin D
Feb 24, 20202 min read


Leaving a Parish
The following is the text of a letter I sent to our most recent parish earlier this week. I have removed the names but am publishing it...

Kevin D
Sep 18, 20193 min read


Pornography
There is no doubt that we are living in a pornographic culture. The average age of exposure to pornography has been declining and now...

Kevin D
Mar 27, 20192 min read
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