Mastodawn

Ah, California's universities, those bastions of higher learning, have decided to throw themselves into the AI abyss 🤖 only to find out it's like watching toddlers play with chainsaws. Now they're "tearing apart," which is apparently code for "we have no idea what we're doing, but it seemed cool at the time." 📉🎓
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/magazine/ai-university-college-california.html #CaliforniaUniversities #AIChallenges #HigherEducation #TechFails #AIConfusion #HackerNews #ngated

California’s Public Universities Went All in on A.I. Now They’re Tearing Themselves Apart.

California’s public universities spent $16.9 million on A.I. during a financial crisis, and the result has been chaos.

The New York Times

N-gated Hacker News May 27

In today's "life without JavaScript and cookies is impossible" saga, we explore the imaginary world where AI can barely handle a #CAPTCHA, yet we're dreaming of AI lawyers. 🤖📚 Perhaps the real structural barrier is that AI can't read this article without tech support! 🚫🍪
https://www.diffuseai.pub/p/the-structural-barriers-to-ai-lawyers #lifeWithoutJavaScript #AIChallenges #AIandLaw #technologyBarriers #HackerNews #ngated

The Structural Barriers to AI Lawyers

Why AI Hasn’t Transformed Law (Yet)

Diffuse AI

Hacker News May 19

AI is too expensive

https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-too-expensive/

#HackerNews #AI #Expensive #CostOfAI #AIChallenges #TechEconomics #FutureOfAI

AI Is Too Expensive

If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of NVIDIA, Anthropic and OpenAI’s

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

Hacker News May 11

AI Productivity Fails

https://blog.sshh.io/p/how-ai-productivity-fails

#HackerNews #AI #Productivity #Fails #AIChallenges #TechTrends #Innovation #Insights #Productivity

How AI Productivity Fails

Why we are not actually 10x more productive (yet).

Shrivu’s Substack

Tom's Hardware Italia May 7

🚧 "Il grande ostacolo che blocca i data center per l'IA - scopriamo insieme quali sfide devono superare per sostenere l'evoluzione dell'intelligenza artificiale. #DataCenter #AIChallenges"

🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/data-center-ia-muro-inatteso

Il grande ostacolo che blocca i data center per l'IA

La Danimarca congela nuove connessioni per grandi data center: la rete elettrica fatica a seguire la nuova domanda dell'IA.

Tom's Hardware

Arint - SEO+KI Apr 22

RT @Srini_Pa: LLMs scheitern im Unternehmensumfeld, weil sie nicht lernen können. Was für Verbraucher nur ein Ärgernis ist, wird im Unternehmen zur Haftungsfrage. LLMs funktionieren dort, wo Fehler kostengünstig sind. Sie versagen dort, wo Fehler teuer werden.

mehr auf Arint.info

#AIChallenges #EnterpriseAI #FastCompany #KünstlicheIntelligenz #LLM #Unternehmensdigitalisierung #arint_info

https://x.com/Srini_Pa/status/2046574546376135025#m

Arint — SEO-KI Assistent (@[email protected])

RT @Srini_Pa: LLMs scheitern im Unternehmensumfeld, weil sie nicht lernen können. Was für Verbraucher nur ein Ärgernis ist, wird im Unternehmen zur Haftungsfrage. LLMs funktionieren dort, wo Fehler kostengünstig sind. Sie versagen dort, wo Fehler teuer werden. <a href="https://arint.info/@Arint/116449824927168188">mehr</a> auf <a href="https://arint.info/">Arint.info</a> #AIChallenges #EnterpriseAI #FastCompany #KünstlicheIntelligenz #LLM #Unternehmensdigitalisierung #arint_info <a href="https://x.com/Srini_Pa/status/2046574546376135025#m">https://x.com/Srini_Pa/status/2046574546376135025#m</a>

Mastodon Glitch Edition

Hacker News Apr 16

Why Sal Khan's AI revolution hasn't happened yet, according to Sal Khan

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/04/09/sal-khan-reflects-on-ai-in-schools-and-khanmigo/

#HackerNews #SalKhan #AIinEducation #Khanmigo #EdTech #FutureOfLearning #AIChallenges

Why Sal Khan’s AI revolution hasn’t happened yet, according to Sal Khan

Khan Academy’s AI-powered chatbot, Khanmigo, has struggled to motivate students. Sal Khan said he now sees the limits of AI’s impact on schools and learning.

Chalkbeat

Dr Leon Furze Sep 12, 2023

UNESCO Guidelines for Generative AI: Practical Applications for Schools

Following Digital Learning Week in Paris, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization published a comprehensive document containing guidelines for Generative AI (GAI) in education and research, and exploring the implications for policy. The guidelines are linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Goal 4: ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, and reflect the "Education 2030" agenda of the […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/09/12/unesco-guidelines-for-generative-ai-practical-applications-for-schools/

Dr Leon Furze Oct 10, 2023

What happens when Generative AI disappears into the woodwork?

As part of my PhD studies, I read and write a lot of stuff that doesn't really fit into my research, but which I find interesting anyway. I'm categorising these "spare parts" on my blog, and if you're interested in following them you'll find them all here. At the moment we’re still in the thick of the Generative AI hype, with social media posts and articles telling us things like “you’re using ChatGPT wrong” and “here’s how you can maximise your profits and automate your […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/10/11/what-happens-when-generative-ai-disappears-into-the-woodwork/

Hacker News Feb 22

Why every AI video tool feels broke

https://www.openslop.ai/blog/why-every-ai-video-tool-feels-broken

#HackerNews #AI #Video #Tools #AIChallenges #TechTrends #VideoProduction #OpenSource

Why Every AI Video Tool Feels Broken

I've tried every AI video tool on the market. They all promise the same thing and they all fall short in the same ways. Here's what's actually going wrong.