Category: Critical Perspectives
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Letting the Robots In
AI agents are increasingly browsing the web alongside humans, but most websites still serve them the same cluttered HTML designed for browsers. Here’s what I’ve done to make this site more readable for AI systems, why I think educators should care about being AI-accessible, and why the real problem isn’t scraping but the attribution gap…
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Artefacts of the AI Resistance
From zines to silent protest records, the DIY resistance to AI is picking up steam. A personal look at the artefacts — handmade, rough-copied, and stubbornly human — pushing back against Big Tech.
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Advertising in ChatGPT: Should We Care?
OpenAI is introducing ads to ChatGPT. Here’s why their data is more valuable than Facebook’s, and what it means for schools already locked into contracts.
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Can You Spot an AI Generated Image?
Can you spot an AI generated image? I’ve updated my “real or fake” game, and this post explores the technical, social, and legal implications of ultra-realistic AI media.
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What Defined AI in Education in 2025? A Year in Review
What Defined AI in Education in 2025? In this article, I reflect on some of the highlights from the blog, looking at trends in the technology, how attitudes towards AI hype have shifted, and where I think the industry is taking us in 2026.
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These Aren’t the Droids We’re Looking For: Move Along ChatGPT
ChatGPT just doesn’t work any more. This article looks at some of the ways in which Sam Altman’s company has fallen from grace and fallen behind competitors like Google in the AI arms race.
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The Near Future of GenAI: December 2025 Update Part 1
What’s next for Generative AI? Discover the latest trends in AI Agents, synthetic media, and the battle for dominance between Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
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Good Enough and Better Than Me: Two Problematic Student Perspectives on Gen AI
For the past few months, I’ve been visiting schools and hearing from students about why and how they’re using (or refusing) generative artificial intelligence. In this article, I’m talking about two of the more problematic perspectives that have emerged from those conversations: it’s good enough, and it’s better than me.
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Another Bloody Otter Has Joined the Call
This post is a lament. I thought we were done with the 2023-2024 bad habit of every person attending an online meeting with their AI notetaking assistant in tow, but here we are, November 2025, and I have just attended not one but three meetings which gradually filled up with Otters, Fireflies, and other assorted…
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GenAI is Normal Edtech
What if AI is “normal” technology? If we don’t have to fear being “left behind”, and if AI will change education not in years, but in decades, how might we rethink our approaches, policies, and pedagogies?