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Google’s Stitch Update: “Vibe Design” and the Shrinking Distance Between Ideas and Tools
Google recently announced a major update to its experimental design tool, Stitch. If you haven’t heard of it before, Stitch is an AI-powered interface design tool—but this update signals something bigger than just new features. Google is now describing Stitch as an “AI-native software design canvas”—a space where users can move from an idea to a high-fidelity interface using…
I'm no birder, but I've stumbled upon Get Birding with Sean Bean (he shouldn't die in this series) and I am ABSOLUTELY here for it.
AI as Co-Teacher or AI as Replacement?
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com “Empathy, evidently, existed only within the human community.”— Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? There’s a moment in Philip K. Dick’s novel when the line between human and machine doesn’t shatter—it thins. The androids aren’t clumsy metallic caricatures. They’re articulate. Quick. Convincing. They can simulate emotional response so well that distinguishing them from…
AI Schools and the Illusion of Efficiency
Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Pexels.com A recent investigation into Alpha School, a high-tuition “AI-powered” private school, revealed faulty AI-generated lessons, hallucinated questions, scraped curriculum materials, and heavy student surveillance. Former employees described students as “guinea pigs.” That’s the headline. But the real issue isn’t whether one school deployed AI sloppily. The real issue is whether we are confusing…
https://mikepaul.com/ai-schools-and-the-illusion-of-efficiency/
Well, this was certainly a learning experience. Heck, it still is. I'm working on a couple more articles, so I guess I'm going to get more practice :)
Yes. I am now officially published. This was a team effort, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity.
Why Do They Fear Dragons?
I've been reading a lot of Ursula K. LeGuin lately. Whether or not it's because I hadn't read much of her work before I read The Dispossessed last year, I'm not sure. But I wish I had. I'm working through her essays published in The Language of the Night and am transfixed by her words and thoughts. She's so fucking good. As I watch the current state of the world play out and think about all the "bullies" who now sit in high political positions…
