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Friction and Finding - The Human Condition
The semester has started and students are back on campus. Mentally I'm like this turtle on a rock in Shinzen Garden in Fresno, California. The new school year has revived the discourse on generative AI use for teaching and learning. What should the role of generative AI be
Proving my humanity - or who is technology serving?
I am tired of proving I'm human. One of the promises of technology adoption is making things easier and removing friction. Increasingly though - I've noticed how things are harder and taking more time because of technology. This makes me ask: who is this technology actually serving?
Rough Edges, People, and Control
One of the reasons I wanted to start this newsletter was to get back into the habit and discipline of writing regularly. I don't want to say it isn't happening... but it's something I need to work on. That's what Summer is
Striking Out with LLMs: Or how I tried to use AI and why it failed.
This is a post I've been kicking around for a while and why I decided to start up a newsletter. I think it's good to read about how people try to actually do things, and in that spirit, here's my experience in trying to