AI, academia, and the Future

AI tech developments in late 2025

Gazing into a steady torrent

Nov 28 • 

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The autumnal AI economy

A scan of models, labor, businesses, and bubbles

Nov 5 • 

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October 2025

Hosting an AI and academia design session

A Zoom experiment tomorrow

Oct 22 • 

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Thinking through an AI bubble

Several scenarios for the next few years

Oct 16 • 

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A scan of AI and politics

A report on late summer/early fall 2025

Oct 6 • 

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September 2025

When opposing AI on campus means ending much of academic computing

Examining an edge case

Sep 19 • 

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Starting our AI and higher education seminar

Teaching this newsletter's topics

Sep 11 • 

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AI and culture in late summer 2025

Greetings from early September, where summer tries its best to fight off the first hints of autumn, at least here in the Washington, DC area.

Sep 8 • 

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August 2025

Teaching with AI: the cloister and the starship

Greetings from that time of year when teachers and students hurtle towards fall classes.

Aug 28 • 

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Considering ChatGPT-5

Reflections on OpenAI's new release

Aug 18 • 

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AI developments in high summer 2025

A technological scan of everything happening other than ChatGPT 5

Aug 11 • 

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July 2025

Trump doubles down on AI

Notes on the new policies

Jul 28 • 

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