marcwatkins.bsky.social
Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric, I founded the Mississippi AI Institute for Teachers, Assistant Director of Innovation at the University of Mississippi, coauthor of the Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching. marcwatkins.org, https://marcwatkins.substack.com/
👤 Joined on 02 September 2023
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@marcwatkins.bsky.socialI have been thinking along these lines: "A recent report out of the University of Chicago recommends tech-free reading lounges and writing centers and monitored testing facilities, and pilots will begin during the winter term."
Show PostLargely, this is a personality thing. I've matured somewhat as an adult, but I am still almost entirely a creature of intrinsic motivation. I sometimes enjoy external rewards like money or recognition, but they're never fuel for the work. This is both a great blessing and a terrible curse.
Show PostI think the fact that I was a mediocre student is an aid to thinking through the challenges of AI-era education. The inducements/punishments of good/bad grades had no effect on my desire to apply myself to a subject. I wasn't disruptive or defiant, but simply inert until appropriately challenged.
Show PostLike last year’s ads for “AI” in your phone, promising outsource all your human relationships/experiences by asking it to get anniversary/birthday/Christmas presents, photoshop family into vacation pix, etc. So bizarre and so obviously made by dudes who think it’s all just annoying girly crap
Show Postthe ads are so bleak heartless and isolating (“james” is an ai agent and this man is in an ai simulation. he will never find love)
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