This is exactly the kind of pragmatic, intellectually honest space the AI discourse needs. Too many conversations swing wildly between “AI is God” and “AI is Skynet,” with almost no room for grounded, cognitively informed interpretation. The comparison between human cognition and generative AI is such fertile ground — especially if it helps people stop mystifying these tools and start understanding their actual capabilities (and limits). Excited to see where this goes, and how you break down complex concepts for the “reasonably educated adult” — a demographic long underserved in tech commentary. Subscribed. Keep going.
I've been reading your work for a while and I figured it's time to say THANKS. Thank you for your clear thinking and excellent communication. I'm working to influence large-language model conversations at my institution (Doane University) and local public school districts, and your writing always helps me think about new useful parts of those conversations. If you're interested, I put my work here (the most recent 3 blogs are about LLMs): https://robmcentarffer.net - the 2nd one "Whatever AI is..." might be one most related to the mission of Cognitive Resonance. Thank you again for your work!
This is exactly the kind of pragmatic, intellectually honest space the AI discourse needs. Too many conversations swing wildly between “AI is God” and “AI is Skynet,” with almost no room for grounded, cognitively informed interpretation. The comparison between human cognition and generative AI is such fertile ground — especially if it helps people stop mystifying these tools and start understanding their actual capabilities (and limits). Excited to see where this goes, and how you break down complex concepts for the “reasonably educated adult” — a demographic long underserved in tech commentary. Subscribed. Keep going.
Ben — Good to see you are still willing to fight the good and necessary and unpopular fights! I appreciated your summary of your great debate with Khan Academy. It seems like there were other discussions that were not so balanced: https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/asu-gsv-2024-k-12-leaders-endorse-experiments-with-genai
I've been reading your work for a while and I figured it's time to say THANKS. Thank you for your clear thinking and excellent communication. I'm working to influence large-language model conversations at my institution (Doane University) and local public school districts, and your writing always helps me think about new useful parts of those conversations. If you're interested, I put my work here (the most recent 3 blogs are about LLMs): https://robmcentarffer.net - the 2nd one "Whatever AI is..." might be one most related to the mission of Cognitive Resonance. Thank you again for your work!