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Can Australia Save the Planet's Kids?
Ravi Yer and Jon Haidt's After Babel substack highlighted the Australian government's new social media age limi t: The law places the...

Kevin D
3 days ago3 min read


The Abuse of Language and AI
For the general public is being reduced to a state where people not only are unable to find out about the truth but also become unable...

Kevin D
Aug 223 min read


Virtual Life
Common Sense Med ia and Internet Matters released two surveys regarding teenagers and their engagement with chatbots. My inbox flooded...

Kevin D
Jul 223 min read


Gemini's Assent and A Modest Proposal
Matt Miller highlights three key issues from Gemini's Google Classroom rollout in his July 9 newsletter : ...you might notice something...

Kevin D
Jul 182 min read


AI and a Middle Path
Two weeks ago, I was happy to be in Salt Lake City supporting and presenting at the FACTS Elevate Conference . We had over one thousand...

Kevin D
Jul 113 min read


Gemini Summer?
Dan Fitzpatrick offers a short summary of the big news out of ISTE - Google Ed is getting Gemini : At the heart of the rollout is...

Kevin D
Jul 12 min read


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
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