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September 2025

"In the Wild": Teaching Generative AI

We wanted to emphasize the expectation that as AI is used more broadly, it will unexpectedly (“wildly”) influence (and complicate) more disciplines and facets of our lives.

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• Book Review: The AI Mirror by Luke Fernandez Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Book Reviews, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - If we outsource decision-making to AI and spend all our time chatting with chatbots rather than with fellow humans, we… ...  Read More
• What’s It Like to Trust an LLM: The Devolution of Trust Psychology? by Simon T. Powers Posted in: Social Implications of Technology - The use of LLMs by people lacking expertise and experience, and for purposes they were not originally intended for, is,… ...  Read More
• Do Individuals Matter in the Shape and Direction of Technological Change? by G. Pascal Zachary Posted in: Articles, Magazine Articles, Things and Theories - The author examines the premise that individuals and teams of individuals matter decisively to technological change, and that biographies matter… ...  Read More
• On the Abolition of All Big Tech Organizations by Jeremy Pitt Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Commentary, Communication Technology, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Digital enterprises have become increasingly monopolistic, individualistic beyond narcissistic to the point of lamentably solipsistic, devastatingly careless of human potential,… ...  Read More
• Two Years “in the Wild”: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Generative AI by Alexi Orchard Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Commentary, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - One of the biggest challenges of teaching such a course is the remarkable pace of change in technology and the… ...  Read More
• Public Goods, Public Funds: The Case of the Maple Spring by Ketra Schmitt Posted in: Articles, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - More than anything, building the future we want requires the courage and hope to imagine something radically different from the… ...  Read More

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