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Rolling along the world current everywhere
Iβm still rolling this contraption of words, just not as often or as urgently as I once did.
Aug 2
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Rob Nelson
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Watch your tone: language machines as writing technology
We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
May 24
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Pluralism in practice
Teaching with and without AI
Apr 12
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On the use of historical analogies in writing about AI
Something big is happening, but how do we describe it?
Feb 22
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Rob Nelson
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Ancient wisdom and evitable futures
On reading Plato and Mark Carney
Feb 1
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Rob Nelson
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Appreciating Rotten and Good
Is there anyone better at using the essay form to understand the experience of living and working within the institutional constraints of the modernβ¦
Jan 4
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Disanthropomorphize Chat
Language without mind and the ends of OpenAI
Dec 7, 2025
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Language machines as educational technology
Alternatives to language-as-a-service
Nov 23, 2025
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Rob Nelson
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Trump offers carrots to nine universities
And why Chad Orzel has me worried
Oct 5, 2025
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Rob Nelson
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What comes after the chatbot?
Notes and image credits for my talk at the AAC&U AI Institute
Sep 12, 2025
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Rob Nelson
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To what problem is the modern American university a solution?
AI Log reviews "Dartmouth College V. Woodward: Colleges, Corporations, and the Common Good" by Adam R. Nelson
Aug 10, 2025
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Small matters
Logpodge #9 When it comes to AI in education, models, teams, and ambitions should be small
Jul 13, 2025
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