Archive - The Absent-Minded Professor

How AI threatens to undermine rather than extend expertise

2 hrs ago •

An LLM Is Like A Calculator

Just not in the ways you think.

Apr 23 •

AI Tutors Can't Solve Bloom's Two Sigma Problem

The personal cannot be mechanized

Apr 16 •

The Redemptive Reframe

Ethical AI doesn't go far enough

Apr 9 •

What A Blind Card Mechanic Taught Me About AI

Thinking about advanced technology, magic, and illusion

Apr 2 •

March 2024

The Pathological Pursuit of Perfection

The asterisk on my 4.0 GPA

Mar 26 •

I Grew Up Oblivious About Grades. It Ruined Me.

Now I’m on a mission to ruin you too

Mar 19 •

What To Teach Young People

Noah Yuval Harari says no one has any idea what to teach young people that will still be relevant in twenty years. I disagree.

Mar 12 •

If We Build It, Who Will Come?

Education is about not just the what, but the why and the how.

Mar 5 •

February 2024

Take The Trail Up

Use technology to struggle better, not to avoid the struggle altogether

Feb 27 •

Be A Dreamweaver

One size fits one

Feb 20 •

What A Word Is Worth

All words are not created equal

Feb 13 •

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