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Book Review: Empire of AI by Karen Hao
This week's review is on Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao. Widely anticipated and already a...

Kevin D
Jun 66 min read


AI Use Case: Newsletter Content
Gathering together and extending an idea using agents: Seen in the Together Leader Newsletter from May 2025 Rather than use it for...

Kevin D
Jun 32 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


Book Review: The Smart Non-Profit
This week's review is on The Smart Non-Profit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. With about...

Kevin D
May 233 min read


AI Use Case: Interactive Crosswords
TheRundown AI highlights a great way to use Google Notebook to not only create reviews but crosswords: Their steps: Visit Notebook LM...

Kevin D
May 201 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


AI Use Case: Deep Research
Inspired by Jeremy Caplan's Wonder Tools newsletter from May 2. In the AI arms race, many LLMs have deployed a "deep research function"...

Kevin D
May 132 min read


Book Review: Superagency by Reid Hoffman + Greg Beato
This week's review is on Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future by Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato . Hoffman is the...

Kevin D
May 94 min read


AI Use Case: More Image Generation
ChatGPT offers a free Substack for educators that provides occasional education-focused ideas. You should subscribe! Seriously! Their ...

Kevin D
May 61 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
AI Use Case: Transformative Principal's Hyper-Localized Curriculum
Based on Jethro Jones ' podcast, Transformative Principal , Episide 657: Using AI Layering to Create Hyper-Localized Curriculum with...

Kevin D
Apr 301 min read


Book Review: AI Snake Oil
This week's review is on AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference by Arvind...

Kevin D
Apr 253 min read


AI Use Case: Demographic Data Analysis
Our schools have a large pool of demographic data which could be use to look at trends in academic performance or enrollment cases. In...

Kevin D
Apr 223 min read


In Memoriam: Jesus Christ
In the Roman Calendar today is Good Friday, the day on which we commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. There is no more powerful...

Kevin D
Apr 181 min read


AI Use Case: Dr. Tony Frontier on Caitlin Tucker's The Balance
This post draws heavily on Dr. Tony Frontier's appearance on Dr. Caitlin Tucker's podcast, The Balance , the full episode can be listened...

Kevin D
Apr 153 min read


Book Review: Brave New Worlds: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan
This week's review is on Brave New Worlds: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan . Yikes....

Kevin D
Apr 112 min read


AI Use Case: Australian Catholic Schools Takes the Lead
Via the Australian AI in Education Podcast from Dan Bowen and Ray Fleming . Dan and Ray are a great listen and do a great job of...

Kevin D
Apr 83 min read
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