So fun to talk about BASIC and the Dartmouth Time Sharing System! Visionary computing systems from the 1960s in which ambitious undergrads worked alongside their genius profs.

Public link is up for my podcast interview with Kevin Bunch from Retronauts and computer historian Joy Lisi Rankin on BASIC, DTSS, and a football game from 1965. Very fun! retronauts.com/article/2476...

*TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments* 2025 is out now! 23 innovative and thoughtful assignments including AI, tested by teachers in higher ed, and adaptable to your classes! wac.colostate.edu/repository/c... #oer #creativecommons #AIeducation

On Substack, I wrote about academic integrity and writing collaboratively with AI. But, more importantly, I featured another AI image designed by my kids. It kinda makes me think about collaborative writing in the landscape of AI. annettevee.substack.com/p/writing-co...

In my most recent post for Norton’s Substack, I outline a few ways to approach a conversation with a student who may have overused AI in your class. Ideally, it’s a conversation about writing process. aiandhowweteach.substack.com/p/what-about...

Another positive review of TextGenEd! Thanks, Hua Wang and Composition Forum, for showcasing some of the great assignments in the collection. There are "Continuing Experiments" updates, too--CFP out now if you want to be in the next installment! compositionforum.com/issue/55/rev...

We have fun here. annettevee.substack.com/p/are-studen...

Do you teach with AI or text-generating technologies? Do you have something cool you want to share in an open access educational resource? TextGenEd's Continuing Experiments is calling for submissions! Due 5/31/25 wac.colostate.edu/repository/c... #oer #aied #textgened

Altman: I regret my relationship with technology. Ive: I'm responsible for the anxiety and distractions from seamless technology I designed. Altman: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?? Altman & Ive: LET'S TEAM UP TO BUILD SEAMLESS AI TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF HUMANITY!!

Remember that splashy Nov 2024 AI paper that found that AI improved innovation in materials science? Turns out it was a fraud! I wrote about how we need to "expect AI research to be messy," with a hat tip to Ben Shindel's fascinating post breaking down the problems with the paper. Links in comments.

"the freedom to speak becomes meaningless when disconnected from the possibility of being heard". This is a heartbreaking piece from @alondra.bsky.social on the regression of scientific progress and why she's resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress. time.com/7285045/resi...

I am looking to buy magnets for my son's science fair experiment and I just encountered this poor magnet company that is documenting all the ways the tariffs are screwing it over

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

Excited to be running this event tomorrow afternoon (Apr 22) with fac from Pitt-Oakland, Bradford, Greensburg, and Johnstown! Join to hear some fresh data about what students are thinking about AI & how they're using it, plus how teachers are engaging with AI. calendar.pitt.edu/event/genai-...

I’m pleased to announce the publication of the first of a three-issue special volume from Thresholds in Education about generative AI’s impact on teaching and learning coedited with Stephen Monroe. We have amazing essays from educators. Please give them a read! open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

An insightful (and kind!) review of TextGenEd from @nathanielmyers.bsky.social Thank you! The collection was truly a collective effort and I'm glad to have it out into the world. wac.colostate.edu/repository/c...

oh wow the future has arrived, move over Pauline Kael

I'm very excited to be collaborating with Norton on a new Substack, AI & How We Teach Writing. Subscribe to learn more about teaching in the AI era: practical advice, technical details, and getting past the hype. aiandhowweteach.substack.com/p/introducin...

Not to put too fine a point on it, but a week ago, the CSU closed 6 departments (among them, philosophy, women's and gender studies, and economics) and fired 46 tenure-line faculty at Sonoma State. One of those faculty studies AI ethics. They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.

When her marriage hits the rocks, an Ivy League professor, her playwright husband, and her Broadway legend mother-in-law/best friend set out to rescue their imploding family by trying to make a hit musical despite the spectacular failure of their latest collaboration. #YouDeservepIt #Q #S #WF #A

Instead of writing that "I enjoyed reading...." a portfolio, I accidentally typed "I enjoy dreading..." and dammit if that doesn't sum up the way I approach peer review deadlines...

I wrote about my recent trip to University of Tartu in Estonia, AI and small languages. Read all the way to the end for the most adorable tiny mushroom! annettevee.substack.com/p/ai-and-sma...

The Adopting or refusing AI in education discourse needs to address the number of faculty who have not issued any guidance around AI. I was happy to add my thought my thoughts to this IHE story. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Thomas Kurtz, co-inventor of BASIC, passed away last week at 96. I spoke to him in 2017. He was generous and as brilliant as you'd expect. I wrote about it here: annettevee.substack.com/p/thomas-kur...

Hi, everyone! finding folks interested in computation, AI, teaching, writing, games, technology, society, governance, etc. Still over there, but trying out here, too.