Canvas Unrolls AI Teaching Agent The new AI agent aims to save faculty time on “low-value tasks,” but stops short of fully automating grading. But some experts worry that the rise of agentic AI could lead to a dead classroom, where c...

This says “trap” in letters three stories high with flashing lights and a siren, and still some profs will walk right into it.

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"This instructional design reflects our commitment to inclusive pedagogy: All learning pathways are valid, whether students engage as manual human learners or outsource their consciousness to a chatbot."

Why is talking to a bespoke comment bot superior to a conversation with another student? Is the quality of feedback the whole point of that exchange, or could it be that sharing our work with another unique human intelligence is meaningful regardless of the ultimately quality of the feedback?

How many “news” pieces about AI adoption in higher ed written by higher ed AI consultants must I endure?

“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now

The idea that enhancing surveillance in academic buildings will protect students from mass shootings is absolutely fucking preposterous. What it will increase is the criminalization of our students. Reject it!!!

GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.

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In early 2024, I got to speak to Deans from up & down the West Coast of the US & Canada about "AI". I told them that the only value of ChatGPT for university administrators is as a contrast-dye test to show where resources are lacking.

Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”

Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages

Aaaaarrrggh

To use it like this is to teach children that a statistical composite is better than their own imagination.

It is morally wrong on that basis alone, before you even get to all the harm required to produce it

This is exactly the snark I needed after seeing an AI-powered plagiarism machine integrated into FSU Libraries main search tool.

Jefferson Parish will use virtual teachers for some honors math and English classes Hundreds of Jefferson Parish students will be taught honors math and English by virtual teachers this school year.

Low salaries and burnout leads to teacher shortage. Obviously the solution is to spend more on edtech with questionable outcomes and not to improve teacher pay and working conditions.

How Do You Want to Be Remembered? "The best way to honor Charlie’s memory," California Governor Gavin Newsom said, "is to continue his work." And so we've seen in the last week: the targeted harassment of those who've spoken out about...

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“If we automate the whole world and only a few people have the means with which to more than just survive, but to live well, have meaningful lives, there's a big problem, a huge problem coming down the line," he said.

Yes, literacy is important -- but literacy means more than "how to use X". It also includes understanding what X (here, LLMs) is and when NOT to use them.

Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.

TIL that Moms for America, Moms for Liberty, and Parents Defending Education have signed the White House's pledge to America's youth to invest in AI education, which further clarifies how this AI education initiative is a political project and whose vision of education is being prioritized.

Remember how if a kid choked on a little plastic toy they used to stop selling the toy

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“AI cannot be a hater, because AI does not feel, or know, or care. Only humans can be haters. I celebrate my humanity.”

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Instructors Will Now See AI Throughout a Widely Used Course Software New features integrated into Canvas include a grading assistant, a discussion-post summarizer, and even a way to pair assignments with generative AI tools.

Why must I suffer so much “journalism” that touts all the amazing possibilities of AI to replace our human interactions and pedagogy, immediately followed by the paragraph that says none of it works, so humans have to manually check all of this slop. This is exhausting.

The thing I always think about is how one of the first things you learn as a librarian is that the first question someone asks is inevitably the wrong question.

Lula going after US tech companies today sounds awesome, even calling out how the right uses free speech as a justification to target minorities.

We need a broader alliance of countries to come together and go after Silicon Valley so it’s harder for the US government to stop them.

Fantastic article! A must read for librarians.

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Will Pope Leo XIV be an ally against AI? The Catholic Church has a striking clear-eyed critique of artificial intelligence

The Catholic Church has a new Pope, and he explicitly cited the threats AI presents for workers as a reason for choosing the name Leo XIV.

With the tech industry doing all it can to defend its power, could the Pope be an ally against the AI onslaught?

The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

Students are right to be pissed if we outsource teaching to AI, and professors who do are fools for devaluing their own labor.