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Signals from the Human Era - Dr. Alec Couros

Dr. Alec Couros

Essays, thoughts, resources, and wonderings on AI, education, and the evolving relationship between learning, technology, and humanity.

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In October of 2012, I wrote a short post called Tips Up or Tips Down? It was about a trip to the grocery store with my five-year-old son. Standing in the fruit section, he asked me whether bananas grow with their tips up or their tips down....

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A Flag, Not a Firewall

ShinyHunters, the criminal extortion group behind some of the largest data thefts of the past few years (Ticketmaster, AT&T, Santander, and last year’s sweeping Salesforce campaign that hit Google, Cisco, Qantas and others), has now claimed...

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The Long Dash to Nowhere

I should’ve invested in em dashes—back when they were humble—rare—tasteful even—before they exploded—everywhere—like glitter at a craft fair—clogging up sentences—stretching out thoughts—interrupting—insisting—performing—like they’re doing...

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The Shortcut That Costs Us Everything

There’s a seductive logic circulating in education right now, one that sounds progressive and even pragmatic: If AI can generate the writing, why not have students simply analyze it instead?

The argument takes various forms, but the underl...

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The Kobayashi Maru Has Left the Simulation

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