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How a Certain Scheme to Improve the Human Condition Will Fail
The intellectual and moral hazards of generative AI as understood through stories of squirrels in shredders and forest death
Apr 15
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Josh Brake
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The Warm Demander Manifesto
A letter to my students
Apr 8
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Josh Brake
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For The Sheer Joy of Climbing
Thoughts on how to prevent AI from robbing you of the value of building expertise of your own
Apr 1
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Josh Brake
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March 2025
Meet Them Where They Are And Modulate Them Slightly
What Jacob Collier can teach us about education in the age of AI
Mar 25
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Josh Brake
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They're Called Teachers
Students don't need a sophisticated word salad mirror, they need a person
Mar 18
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Josh Brake
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Mens Sine Manus
Why AGI can't deliver on its promises
Mar 11
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Josh Brake
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Technique's Deception
Pursue education, not schooling
Mar 4
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Josh Brake
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February 2025
We're Forgetting How To Fly
What autopilot systems can teach us about the dangers of relying on AI
Feb 25
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Josh Brake
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AI's Agency Comes from Us
How my experience with Tesla Full Self Driving is helping me think through teaching in the age of AI
Feb 18
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Josh Brake
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Ursula Speaks
We ought to listen
Feb 11
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Josh Brake
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Beauty for Ashes
Why teaching with honesty and vulnerability matters
Feb 4
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Josh Brake
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January 2025
To Live and Teach as a Creature
Helping our students to grapple with the messiness of life
Jan 28
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Josh Brake
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