In a rather triumphant piece about exponential AI on the occasion of the release of his new book, Ethan Mollick identifies the keys to humans being able to work productively with AI, these are identical to what I outlined in More Than Words, first published 20 months ago.

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Mollick's book is titled "Co-Existence," but I'm here to tell you that you do not need to co-exist with AI if you do not want to. You can live a perfectly good life without allowing AI into it at all. To the extent that society and institutions are wedging it into our lives, shame on all of us, but

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I've been reading more about craft lately and am musing about a #DHmakes book review series. This amazing book on Sashiko embroidery was the most embodied-human writing I may have ever read, an effort at cultural translation, also touching on themes of collaboration, power & supply chains. 💙

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The good news: The Riverfront Trail is finally being repaired at Maline Creek. The bad news: Great Rivers Greenway's website did not show any trail closure, so you decide to bike to work — and then learn the good news firsthand. Oh, and there's no marked detour.

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Tomorrow! Join us in the IRIS Center for a research talk on the aesthetic value of AI creativity. How do we grapple with AI's seemingly creative outputs, and what does it mean for human and cultural values? Friday, 10/16/26, 12:00-1:00 PM IRIS Center (Peck Hall 2226) #DigitalHumanities #AI

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