I haven’t watched Jimmy Kimmel in a while. He is going hard after Trump and the FCC tonight. Not really a monologue as much a rally cry.

I’m going to laugh if Jimmy Kimmel gets on the air tomorrow, makes fun of how MAGA misunderstood him, and then just quits on air.

Looks like the Matter and Space website has been updated to remove all the problematic videos. I had forgotten that this project was originally launched as a way to convince people that micro-credentials were taking off: guild.com/compass/behi...

Knowing the context of a quote more often makes it worse than better… just FYI.

I just knew before going into this that it would be a student complaining about religious beliefs, and it was. She will be the hero of hundreds of sermons this weekend. This is bad. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

I know a lot of people respect Anil Dash, but I am having a hard time with his very one-dimensional take on Ai critics. Not only is it inaccurate, those of us that actually do what he claims we "refuse" to do will tell you that it doesn't change much, either.

It is wild to see how many people have engaged so little with Ai criticism. So many think all there is out there are condescending rants by people who have no idea how to use Ai.

Just a thought: before someone decides to post the ten millionth “you don’t like Ai because you are doing it wrong” post again, maybe consider most of us frustrated with it have already done all the right things and still get boring results at best, horrible results at worst.

It must be nice to have all this time to “coax useful information” out of Ai when a simple non-Ai fueled web search turns up the answer in 5 seconds. 😂 Maybe some of us wouldn’t be so skeptical of Ai if the hype wasn’t so wildly audacious.

I guess I have to disagree with this post via quote then. The first concern I have is that the example given of finding the truth about the Slade photo takes most people seconds, not minutes to figure out. I have done this many, many times myself. So the question remains...

To be honest, I only made it through about a paragraph or so of Paul LeBlanc before I skipped ahead to @mahabali.bsky.social‘s insightful critique. We are supposed to see the launch of their LE-1 this month, so I guess we will see what they are overhyping right now…

Looking at some recent definitions of intelligence, and how calling Ai "pattern recognition" probably isn't the best metaphor for what Ai does: Pattern Recognition is Something That Intelligent Entities Do, But Ai Doesn't Really Do Pattern Recognition www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/09/02/p...

Just a regular reminder that extremist centrism / moderatism / bothsidesism is a thing and some powerful people want to force it on everyone in order to not deal with hateful ideologies via a guise of civility.

What happened to that Matter and Space thing, the one that was "redefining what it means to learn in the age of AI"? The only update I can find is that they "expect our first commercial release, LE-1, to arrive in the Fall of 2025."

Honestly, I had no idea that the unrecognizable blob on the left side of the Cracker Barrel logo was a dude. I just thought it was some piece of junk representing one of the health code nightmares nailed to their walls inside. I guess out of two ugly logos, they kept the slightly less ugly one?

So AI in education is being led by someone whose only qualification is married to the President. A President that is destroying education in this country. But hey, at least our educational thoughts leaders really, really wish someone would become an Ai critic. Someone else, that is.

This really should be the constant message to every ICE agent, FBI agent, local official that follows Trump: no one lives forever. He will be gone one day. There is no one in MAGAland that has the ability to take over for him and hold the movement together…

Oh - I guess we are still pretending that cell phone bans work, and that parents in places that have had bans the past year or so aren’t still getting texts all day long on school days from these supposedly banned devices? 😂

I’m in charge of giving my team Ed-Tech updates. Every time I talk about problems with Ai (like this week’s chatter about the Ai bubble bursting) it’s like I’m announcing the apocalypse or something. If skeptical+annoyed looks could kill, it would be R.I.P. me over and over again.

Newsom throws the Trans community under the bus, and then posts on social media like the guy trying to legislate them out of existence, and I’m supposed to like him now? It would really piss Trump off of he came out in support of Trans rights, but he still won’t. That’s deep transphobia.

Maybe it is just me, but Gavin Newsom is making a good case for why “the liberal Trump” is a bad idea.

This whole "The machines aren't biased… They're mirrors... We just don't like our reflection." feels a lot like the whole “just following orders” thing. This idea is so often be repeated by people that say we have to accept/embrace Ai. If it is just a mirror, then why do we have to use it?…

Raising Cane’s: We don’t care if these tenders are half the size they usually are, you ordered three so you get three. Any old school tender place: You ordered three but one looks a centimeter too small so here is five extra pieces to make up for it. Plus some extra fries.

This post is everything I have been arguing with a small handful of local Democrats for days. The more centrists ones demand the whole party move their way, but when you raise the issue of trans rights, it is shoulder shrugs and “well, it’s unfortunate but not everyone gets their way”…

I have been talking with so many local Democrats the past few days that are just so glib in throwing the trans community under the bus in a vain attempt to try and win Centrist votes even though they will likely still vote against the DEMS if bread or gas prices take a bump the day before elections…

If your main response to disagreement is constant ableist insults, then I have to conclude that deep down even you don’t believe you have a valid point.

BTW - I am not skeptical of Ai. I know what Ai can do and the correct word is “unimpressed.” I am skeptical that the companies and people in control of Ai and those in charge of Ai implementation and hype have good motives and/or even know what they are doing.

If your Ai study tools claims it will “personalize towards a learning style,” I have to assume you have no idea what you are talking about. Can I really trust all the “guardrails” you have in place against “hallucinations”? Ever stop to wonder why you need so many in the first place?

Where is the Sustained and Effective Critique of Ai? www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/07/29/w...

Walked into the kitchen to find my girlfriend standing in front of an open fridge door with her laptop in the fridge while she was still in an online meeting. I’m afraid to ask…

After some family vacations, decided to dig into recent Ai court rulings, the glee from some ed leaders about those rulings, gatekeeping coming from those rulings, and so on. Court Rulings and What Kind of Critiques Count in the Ai Debate: www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/07/02/c...

Court Rulings and What Kind of Critiques Count in the Ai Debate: I dive into some of the gleeful reactions to recent pro-Ai Company rulings, as well as some concerning claims that Ai pushback is too "emotional." www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/07/02/c...

You might be shocked to know the number of people I talk to weekly that can’t stand using Ai, but are being forced to use it by company policy. Companies are tracking employee Ai usage. Non or low usage is being treated as an HR issue. All of them are looking for other jobs.

Just did a quick run through of Education Thought Leaders posts on current Ai happenings and... ugh. Why do I do this to myself? They just aren't getting better. Doubling down on gatekeeping, anthropomorphization, etc - even though I know they know better. And now I need to blog about them. Again.

We all knew the current crackdown was coming, so stuff like Noem declaring liberals an enemy of the state and then forcibly removing Sen. Padilla are not surprising per se. But it is still shocking to watch. So again, the fact that these people also want Ai everywhere should give Cheerleaders pause.

Is Ai Improving Education? Is Everyone Using It? Is It Getting Better for the Environment? Is It Getting Better at Responding to Questions? www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/06/02/i...

Ugh. I did not consent to this BS. Anyone know how to tell them to stop this?

What I wish Ai Cheerleaders realized about points like this is that this is not a point about “your personal Ai usage is killing the planet!!!” It’s about contextualizing energy usage into something that ppl who don’t use joules can understand. Most then think “oh, now multiple that by millions”…

I know I already wrote a very long 3 post series about how Ai Cheerleaders get Ai Questioners wrong, but since then there is so much more I could almost do a weekly series. Because the Cheerleaders will do anything but engage with any of our actual points.

This, but in education it’s “And then there are Thought Leaders”…

This short film about a Denton family's fight against the state of Texas to keep their trans son is up for an Emmy! I hope this brings more attention to all of the anti-trans evil that is happening in Texas: dentonrc.com/entertainmen...

I decided to update the "Can I Use Ai on This Assignment" / "Student Ai Integration" chart to a "How Dangerous is Ai for This Assignment?" chart: www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/05/14/h...

The next post in my series looking at responses to Ai criticism looks at how ChatGPT responded to one of my posts: Why Do Ai Cheerleaders Respond to Critics the Way They Do? (Part 3) www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/05/14/w...

Continuing my dive into problematic criticism of the people that question or reject the current dominant Ai narratives: Why Do Ai Cheerleaders Respond to Critics the Way They Do? (Part 2) www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/05/12/w...

Continuing my dive into problematic criticism of the people that question or reject the current dominant Ai narratives: Why Do Ai Cheerleaders Respond to Critics the Way They Do? (Part 2) www.edugeekjournal.com/2025/05/12/w...

Get mad at me all you want about pointing out Ai is racist and biased. But you better include a good explanation for junk like this, including proof that this wasn’t intentional. Make sure to read both skeets in the original post to see what I’m talking about.

Proof that cats like me as much as dogs. These cats usually hate visitors and never warm up to them. They started seeking me out from the first visit.

Watching coworkers turn to ChatGPT to come up with a team name (rather than use their own creative brains) for a competition that tracks your physical activity for your employer as a competition for small prizes is so 2025.

Yet another reason I am glad my girlfriend hates Ai as much as I do. But stuff like this is one of many reasons we keep speaking out. This is dangerous and they don’t really know why ChatGPT is doing this.

This happened in my son’s school district as well. The MAGA candidate that got elected three years ago stepped down to make way for someone higher up in the GOP to run. This person was WELL funded and lied about her extremist views in every forum and still only got 35% of the vote.