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Stop asking students “Show Me Your Prompt!”
As educators continue to grapple with students using AI for assignments, we need to move beyond the idea that showing the original prompt is useful
The Scared Witless Educator’s Guide to Surviving ChatGPT GPT-5
If you’re panicking over how to survive in world where every student has access to one of the most powerful AI’s ever made, I have a plan …
CodeSignal turned my book into an AI-assisted professional development course
As universities and companies scramble to bring agentic AI to learning, I was intrigued by CodeSignal’s approach to using AI in a new course inspired by the book Future Rising
Spiky surfaces and jagged edges: Moving beyond what’s known in an Age of AI
Will AI ever be able to transcend the “knowledge closure boundary” — the conceptual barrier between what’s known (or what can be inferred from what’s known and understood) and what is not — and make truly novel and transformative discoveries?
America’s AI Action Plan: “Build, Baby, Build”
This morning the White House unveiled its new AI Action Plan for the US. There’s a lot here to digest, but I did want to provide my first take on the plan – and what it might mean moving forward.
What’s Grok 4’s “Moral Character”?
XENOPS: An AI prompt that assesses an AI model’s “moral character.
Motive, Means, and Opportunity: The Growing Risk of AI Manipulation
Motive, means, and opportunity: It’s a common mantra in solving crimes. But it’s also a useful framework for approaching the potential risks of being manipulated by advanced AI systems.
Vibe coding moral panic
An AI “vibe coded” website that explores technology-driven “moral panics” over the ages
Exploring AI through cause-and-effect
As AI agents become more prevalent and powerful, a new paper outlines a framework for better-understanding how to govern and regulate them. From the Future of Being Human Substack.
Designing the technological futures we aspire to
Why transformative technology demands responsible innovation — and the critical questions we need to be asking before it’s too late. From the Future of Being Human Substack.