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McDiarmid: The Critical Flaw in Thinking AI Can Do Just Anything

At the Chicago Tribune, he asks readers to recognize what is missing from the mix

Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev long ago argued that human creativity springs from freedom — just what machines do not have.

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Why isn’t the AI bubble ‘Common Knowledge’ and Pop?

Profits and revenues have been replaced by new metrics

People often invest in companies not because they think the companies will succeed, but because they think others will invest.

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Grok’s Deepfake Capacities Modified Following Pushback

Deepfakes and AI-generated content are only becoming more prevalent on sites like X.

Grok, X’s AI program, came under fire when its users began creating explicit images and videos of real people. AI-generated deepfakes began to abound until finally, X took action to modify the AI bot’s capabilities. According to X’s Safety account: We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis. This restriction applies to all users, including paid subscribers. Additionally, image creation and the ability to edit images via the Grok account on the X platform are now only available to paid subscribers. This adds an extra layer of protection by helping to ensure that individuals who attempt to abuse the Grok account to violate Read More ›

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Computer Intelligence Versus Human Intelligence

Professor Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot he named ELIZA that conversed with users the way a psychotherapist might

Even though the users knew they were interacting with a computer, many were convinced that the program had human-like intelligence and emotions and they happily shared their deepest feelings and most closely held secrets.

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A Pioneer Ahead of His Time: Bernard Widrow and the Origins of Modern AI

While history has not always granted him the recognition he deserved, every modern neural network quietly echoes Widrow's ideas.

Widrow called his learning machine a neural network because it was loosely based on the 1943 McCulloch-Pitts model of the biological neuron.

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Anti-AI Absolutism

My take on the AI situation v Doug Smith

Doug Smith has for some time now been calling attention to destructive effects of digital technologies on people, especially the young.

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Heavens! Are You an AI Denialist?

Accusations of “AI denialism” smear thoughtful critics as mentally disordered

Rosenberg purports to cite pundits saying chatbot outputs are “AI slop,” that “the era of rapid AI advancement is ending,” that “AI scaling has hit the wall,” and the AI boom is just another “tech bubble.” No human is cited for these remarks.

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In 2026, Real Artistry Will Help Brands and Businesses

2025 was AI's big year. Will 2026 follow suit, or will the scales start to balance?

Enter Porsche, the car company, and it’s advertisement, contrasting with Coca-Cola, shows the time-tested beauties of hand-drawn and CGI animation.

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WHY DO CHATBOTS LEAD LEARNERS ASTRAY?

How interface‑level social cues encourage relational engagement with chatbots

Big Tech’s signature exploitative strategies optimize for engagement, not for truth. By manipulating our behavioural psychology in this way, chatbots become top of mind when we have a question about anything, or just need a friend.

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Trust Concept

The serious limitations on what AI can do in education

Interrogating trust, power, and data governance in the era of neuro‑surveillance

Have we become so accustomed to surveillance capitalism that we are completely blinded to the implications? Or has Big Tech become so trustworthy that we can trust them to handle the data of student brain states with benevolent intent?

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Why the Real Danger of AI Is Not What You Think

What really makes Donald Wunsch stand out is his focus on what AI can actually do today

His paper, “Artificial General Intelligence Is Nowhere Near, Artificial Specific Stupidity Is Already Here,” challenges both hype and groundless fear.

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AI Data Centers Are Using Water, and Lots of It

Will studies like this spark a new kind of pushback in the coming year?

The study has arrived on the heels of Time Magazine’s decision to elect a number of AI company CEOs as its annual “Person of the Year.”

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The Generative AI Bubble Has Begun to Pop

From hype to hard realities in the age of artificial intelligence

Recently, talk of a bubble has increased as it has become clear that OpenAI, and likely other AI software companies, may never become profitable.

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AI Developers Named Time’s “Person of the Year”

The decision drew a lot of criticism.

On the cover of the magazine issue, tech giants including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are pictured sitting on a construction beam.

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New ChatGPT Ads Assume People Can’t Think for Themselves

ChatGPT wants to do it all for you.

This sort of thinking assumes that modern people are no longer intelligent enough to do the things that former generations easily managed.

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Educating the Tech Workforce: A Powerhouse Panel

Former Arizona governor Doug Ducey introduced statewide school choice and since then, sixteen states have followed suit

Together, Ducey, Ingraham, and Clark made a robust and compelling case at COSM for education freedom, with Ducey framing it as a matter of fairness.

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What We Can Learn About Schooling From Baseball

In Part 3, drawing on my experience as a baseball coach, I offer a somewhat different approach to using AI in education

Edify kids, don’t enhance them. We are organic beings, not gadgets to be improved with newer and better modules (like the newest computer chips).

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How AI Could Create Vast Increases in Learning Efficiency

Part 2: Artificial intelligence is promising to fundamentally transform education, leading to vast increases in efficiency of learning

Alpha School students are said to advance an average of 2.6× faster than peers on nationally normed MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) tests and frequently score in the 99th percentile.

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The Real Threat AI Poses to Us Is Created by Widespread Abuse

In If Anyone Builds It, Yudkowsky and Soares are not really grappling with this problem

The authors really believe in AI doom. Soares has stopped contributing to a retirement plan. I show that the serious problem is NOT superintelligence.

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Can an AI Really Develop a Mind of Its Own?

Specifically, can an AI develop a mind with its own goals and desires, capable of plans and strategies — as the authors of If Anyone Builds It believe?

Even if we adopt a materialist view of the mind, I believe I can show why it is not possible for a machine to develop a mind.

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