Building Community
Responding to Alan Levine: On “Building” Community I Got BubkisI totally get what you're feeling. I've been online since the 1980s 'building community' the whole time. What do I have…
Stephen Downes
The Questions We Ask About AI in Education
AI generated image, 100% human-authored text Artificial Intelligence has entered the world of education like an explosion, leaving us reeling in its wake. Everyone has questions: how could AI reshape…
LocalRSS
(From my social media a month ago, but I lost it when I went to reference it, so I'm posting it here so I don't lost it again).I have written…
Stephen’s Retirement FAQ
As you may have deduced from the title, I am retiring from my position at NRC. On the day of my retirement I'll be 67 and more than ready for…
The Nano Banana Image
So, I was trying to make an infographic of my 1,000 page manuscript on ethics and AI, and I entered this into Google Gemini. It wasn't the Nano Banana tool…
On Social Media as a Public Servant
On LinkedIn today the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat published a short slide deck entitled 'Navigating Social Media as a Public Servant'. It appears to be available only on LinkedIn…
Beyond Democratic Socialism
What is there's no democratic road to socialism?Now I want to be clear here about what I mean by this:- by 'socialism' I mean a society defined by social values,…
Beyond Social Democracy
What would it take to go from reforms within the capitalist system to a democratic socialist society? That's a much tougher question than it may seem at first glance. The…
Automating OLDaily for LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a pain to work with. I have long wanted to publish OLDaily, my daily newsletter, on it but the API doesn't support this.This week I came up…
Automating OLDaily for LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a pain to work with. I have long wanted to publish OLDaily, my daily newsletter, on it but the API doesn't support this.This week I came up…
AI and the News
When I read Simon Wardley's post on LinkedIn from a couple of days ago, I was immediately struct by its resemblance to criticisms of another medium: the news (you can…
AI and the News
When I read Simon Wardley's post on LinkedIn from a couple of days ago, I was immediately struct by its resemblance to criticisms of another medium: the news (you can…
On Intelligence
Intelligence is knowing when to quitI used to participate in debate competitions in high school. They were the traditional parliamentary style debates where the effort was to convince an audience…
On Intelligence
Intelligence is knowing when to quitI used to participate in debate competitions in high school. They were the traditional parliamentary style debates where the effort was to convince an audience…
My Ethical AI Principles
Sign posted in the common kitchen at the campground in Selfoss, Iceland, where this article was written I understand. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology unlike any we've seen before.…
My Ethical AI Principles
Sign posted in the common kitchen at the campground in Selfoss, Iceland, where this article was written I understand. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology unlike any we've seen before.…
On Ethical AI Principles
I have commented in my newsletter that what people have been describing as 'ethical AI principles' actually represents a specific political agenda, and not an ethical agenda at all. In…
On Ethical AI Principles
I have commented in my newsletter that what people have been describing as 'ethical AI principles' actually represents a specific political agenda, and not an ethical agenda at all. In…
Connectivism and Artificial Intelligence in Education
Edited transcript of recording by Google Audio Recorder. Slides and audio available here. There will be audio and video of the presentation available for you later. Oh, this is the…
Connectivism and Artificial Intelligence in Education
Edited transcript of recording by Google Audio Recorder. Slides and audio available here. There will be audio and video of the presentation available for you later. Oh, this is the…