Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Unlike engineered tools, language technology don't have a blueprint or goal of optimality. Its evolution is gradual, piecemeal, and non-unilinear, shaped by adaptation and the co-option of existing structures.

School assessment answering the question "Can they create valued work?" seems more valuable than what we have.

Imagine a school assessment system that answers the question: Do students have good work habits?

AI-Induced Bias: Systematic and repeatable errors in an AI system's output that create unfair outcomes, often reflecting biases present in the data the AI was trained on

AI systems are being used for employee surveillance through monitoring emails, tracking online activity, analyzing facial expressions, and even gauging emotions through voice analysis software.

AI-based hiring is no more effective than traditional hiring methods, despite the appearance of efficiency and objectivity provided by AI.

#educators “are obsessed with perpetual evaluation of a very limited range of skills even as they ignore, even discourage, curiosity and explanation.” -Geerat Vermeij Yup that pretty much captures what is wrong with it.

Gerry’s Vetmeij wrote of evolution, “Skeptics harbor legitimate questions and reservations as well as ill informed grievances.” This describes many areas of #science. Difficulties arises what advocates cannot differentiate the two.

Purposeful, meaningful, challenging, engaging are four adjectives I see and hear applied to curriculum we should be designing. I don’t hear them applied by #students often enough. #highschool #HigherEducation #highered

It is always reassuring to get to the section of a research article in which the author discusses limitations in the study. At least #science can still be self-aware and realize articulating limitations demonstrates you know what you are doing. #research #scientists

So, I just went to YouTube to find a Warren Zevon song that I haven't searched in several months. I typed "Warren Zevon" into the search bar, and the song was first on the list. I understand algorithms and coincidence, but it is still *creepy* when this happens.

Dunning–Kruger effect https://t.co/MFeRlVtbza This affects so much #education policy-making.

Still an interesting read:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/beautiful-minds/enough-with-the-learning-styles-already/

A blog post, now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/05/16/three-choices-when-faced-with-technology/

Looking at AI:
https://hackscience.education/2025/04/29/ai-generative-and-traditional/

A post for my data analytics students:
https://hackscience.education/2025/04/29/data-reports/

The author who wrote: Positive attitudinal change benefits learners, industry, society (my paraphrasing) sure seems to be ignoring the importance of defining “who defines positive?” #education #leadership

If you can identify important gaps in your field, then you have expertise worthy of attention.

No plan is perfect. If your methods do not allow “on-the-fly” adaptations, then your interventions will fail. #leadership #LeadershipDevelopment

Assumptions so “obvious and natural” that we are not conscious of their effects are among the greatest limits to our actions.