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From Dragon-Slayer Skeptic to AI Convert
A year ago I called AGI a dragon — mythological and impossible. After building real tools with AI every day, the ground has shifted under my argument.
Sign-posting change: Done, Now, Next, Later
Instead of Gantt charts and timelines, use a simple Done/Now/Next/Later framework to track change in schools — and signal when input is welcome.
Calling it now: AGI is a Dragon
Why Artificial General Intelligence will perpetuate as a concept and never as a reality — and what that means for schools.
OpenAI: Speculation as to why Sam Altman got fired
A speculative take on the Sam Altman firing — and what GPT technology becoming accessible to everyone means for schools.
Mental Model for GenAI: Shallow end of the pool
A useful mental model for understanding GenAI prompts: think of it as a pool with a shallow end and a deep end.
GenAI's "dud" application: detection
Why AI detection tools are the 'dud app' of the GenAI era — and why educators should not rely on them.