We need to talk about AI and math. Most of the breakthroughs this year are counterexamples found by brute search, not theorems built from insight, and understanding that helps us grasp the power and limits of transformer models.

https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/ai-is-foraging-maths-meadows

#AIliteracy

Writers dismissed a recent NYT op-ed arguing for the spoken word in the AI era. But speech may prove key to a future in which writing forks into conversational media—spontaneous and malleable like clay—and machine-readable media that are precise like marble

https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/dont-dismiss-the-spoken-word

Chatbots are isolating students. So I tried using AI to build an app that connects them by common interests and schedules. https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/can-ai-make-teammates-out-of-strangers

MIT’s potshot at Harvard for its recent cap on the number of A’s faculty can dole out seems legit to me. Stoking grade obsession is only going to boost the incentive for students to ChatGPT their way to a 4.0.

https://emilypittsdonahoe.substack.com/p/three-grade-related-responses-to

Any reliance on Palantir is an overreliance on Palantir.

"Pentagon Investigators Say Overreliance on Palantir AI Tech Contributed to U.S. Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children"

https://gizmodo.com/pentagon-investigators-say-overreliance-on-palantir-ai-tech-contributed-to-u-s-strike-that-killed-123-iranian-children-2000814477

Calling the agents that hacked Hugging Face rogue misses the real danger. They were mice bred to chew, left unwatched in a storehouse for what felt like a decade. My latest Substack https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/the-storehouse-owner-blame-mice

The Public AI Summit starting Wednesday has something for every educator, from scaffolding AI-aware assignments to learning about agents without accidentally deleting your hard drive. Thursday at 1 EDT I’ll share updated tools to discover your AI environmental footprint.

https://publicaisummit.org/summit/public-ai-summit-for-educators/#workshops

Trump says data centers are “liquid gold.” Voters smell something else, and savvy candidates should take advantage of that in November. My latest Substack for Crimson Goes Blue https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/run-against-the-server-farm

Out today: TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments! I’ve got two pieces in the collection, coauthored with Jeremy Douglass and Jon Ippolito. Shoutouts to Jeremy and Jon, and congrats to Annette, Carly, and Tim on the new collection!

@jonippolito @jeremydouglass

Meta’s Ray-Bans, now with advanced "not my problem" filter

It's official! We've launched a toolkit to help teachers and students adapt classes to the sudden rise of generative AI. Browse recommended policies, watch tutorials, and learn strategies for integrating—or excluding—text- and media-generators in your classes.

https://umaine.edu/learnwithai

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New York schools' ban on ChatGPT is unenforceable without better detection mechanisms. But it could have a positive outcome.

Teachers could conclude there's no way to supervise homework outside of school, and instead flip the classroom so students do assignments together with their peers and instructors.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3p9jx/nyc-bans-students-and-teachers-from-using-chatgpt #chatgpt #education #ai