Silicon and Soul
Essays on AI, education, writing, and the formation of human judgment.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 117 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Against the Assembly Line
“The panic now circulating in education, around AI and cognitive decline, is at least mildly performative.
The academic record did not begin in 2023.
The exaggerated outrage is the performative part, marching to protest further erosion of...
Beyond the Rubric: Grading Student Writing in the Age of AI
Where Conventional Rubrics Fall Short
A pile of essays screaming to be read and graded applies pressure that only a teacher can know. It also calls for a tangible way to grade what is often intangible. Enter the rubric.
Rubrics provid...
Can You See the Essay Under the Essay?
The challenge of teaching is learning to see the essay under the essay: the pattern of attention, judgment, and choice that reveals a mind at work.
That challenge has become more urgent in the age of AI.
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A Digital Scarlet Letter
A Digital Scarlet Letter
On August 14, Anthropic published a measured explanation of its intent to watermark its text. It was a response to the angry questions following its recent watermark revelations. The answers were careful.
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Collaborate or Perish
Most people know the phrase “publish or perish.” Even outside academia, the threat is easy to understand. Produce visible intellectual work or watch your relevance fade.
The phrase I want to test is just as blunt:
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