The Log

Boring revolutions and large-elbowed models

Logpodge #7 where I explain why last year's AI may be all you need and ask who benefits when OpenAI and Anthropic pay universities to be their…

Apr 9 •

We need new language for talking about large AI models. Alison Gopnik, Henry Farrell, James Evans, Cosma Shalizi, and Dan Davies provide one.

Apr 6 •

Can the Trump-Musk regime claw back funds already dispersed to universities?

An underappreciated risk to institutions of higher education is that the regime will do to a university what it did to New York City: claw back funds…

Mar 19 •

OpenAI's NextGenAI press release is horse of a different color

Like the press release last month announcing its partnership with California State University, I see NextGenAI as an act of desperation by OpenAI, a…

Mar 9 •

Here is my advice for higher education executives facing the unprecedented challenges of the coming years: invest in your people first and the…

Mar 2 •

Home fires burning

Institutions that pay millions for an enterprise license for ChatGPT or for consultants to tell them how to reduce costs are wasting much-needed funds…

Feb 23 •

The CSU system and OpenAI have an alignment problem

The news out of CSU feels important because it sets a precedent for treating OpenAI as if it were an educational technology company when really it is…

Feb 8 •

What exactly is an AI-Empowered University System?

And why would you empower your university with OpenAI?

Feb 6 •

I miss Silicon Valley

The remake has only one good joke where Sam gets mad about someone stealing his IP to make a new AI model.

Feb 2 •

My non-prediction for 2025

How I plan to make a living writing about AI and education

Dec 29, 2024 •

Murderbot, AI, and Techno-Capitalist Futures

An answer to Mike Kentz

Nov 17, 2024 •

Macroblogging, important work, and a hard take down of Mike Kentz

My first post on a microblogging platform; Bluesky starter packs; the important work of Jane Rosenzweig; just say no to anthropomorphizing AI;The toxic…

Nov 17, 2024 •

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