Most People Don’t Need a “GenAi for Dummies” Book Anymore https://www.edugeekjournal.com/2026/03/17/most-people-dont-need-a-genai-for-dummies-book-anymore/
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Sigh. I just don’t know how to explain it more to people that those of us that don’t like Ai actually do know how to use it and how it works. We don’t hate it because we are a bunch of dummies, and a new “GenAi for Dummies” guide is not going to change that. Or show us anything we don’t know.
Sometimes - especially when it involves racism, csam, transphobia, etc - things are worth being divided over.
"ChatGPT Can Ace an Entire Master’s Level Course? So What?" We need to be concerned with how people are lionizing Ai and undervaluing what learning really is: https://www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/02/21/chatgpt-can-ace-an-entire-masters-level-course-so-what/
"Course Design Should Cost About Zero"? What on Earth are George Siemens and Stephen Downes Thinking? https://www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/02/18/course-design-should-cost-about-zero-what-on-earth-are-george-siemens-and-stephen-downes-thinking/
This statement was linked to an ai driven course design idea called OELM, which itself misunderstands course design. But of course, ai is never “zero cost,” and OELM does not propose a zero cost solution anyways. So weird.
Saying that “course design costs should be zero” is a direct insult to the entire field of instructional design, as well as a massive misunderstanding of what course design should entail. Formulating a response….
Is Concern for the Harms of Ai Propaganda, Myth, or Something Else? https://www.edugeekjournal.com/2024/10/01/is-concern-for-the-harms-of-ai-propaganda-myth-or-something-else/
Ouch. When you can't even get the big names that throw money at any wild idea to sign on... "Microsoft Is Struggling to Get Companies Onboard the AI PC Hype Train: Report" https://www.extremetech.com/computing/microsoft-is-struggling-to-get-companies-onboard-the-ai-pc-hype-train-report
Well, thank goodness no one really needs to ever do any of those silly "turn" things.... https://www.extremetech.com/cars/study-finds-self-driving-cars-are-safer-unless-they-have-to-turn
Popularity of ChatGPT and Listening to What Youth Are Doing With AI: https://www.edugeekjournal.com/2024/06/07/popularity-of-chatgpt-and-listening-to-what-youth-are-doing-with-ai/
