Charles Logan
@charleswlogan.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Responsible Technology, Policy, and Public Dialogue at Northwestern University - Civics of Technology Board Member - Dad Life - he/him
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New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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“This technology that is ruining education has incredible potential to save education, if only I could figure out how to use it better to improve my students’ education.”
Somehow missed this @mcsweeneys.net gem from September.
ht: @brianrbowen.bsky.social
Somehow missed this @mcsweeneys.net gem from September.
ht: @brianrbowen.bsky.social
I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers
I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“This technology that is ruining education has incredible potential to save education, if only I could figure out how to use it better to improve my students’ education.”
Somehow missed this @mcsweeneys.net gem from September.
ht: @brianrbowen.bsky.social
Somehow missed this @mcsweeneys.net gem from September.
ht: @brianrbowen.bsky.social
Had my first Reviewer 2 feedback that we should cite work by Charles Logan and am I a for real education researcher now?
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Had my first Reviewer 2 feedback that we should cite work by Charles Logan and am I a for real education researcher now?
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Mr. Rogers:
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
yeah...but we'll always have the words from man himself
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Mr. Rogers:
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
The decision by university leaders to partner with OpenAI is more and more indefensible every day.
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The decision by university leaders to partner with OpenAI is more and more indefensible every day.
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an important read for at least 2 reasons:
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.
There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.
taranis.ie
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
an important read for at least 2 reasons:
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
"Through targeted, place-based data center research, we can see how pervasive, existential climate and societal issues show up at the local level and develop a political strategy beyond blocking individual data centers. This means proactively building wide coalitions..."
In a new Points piece, Hannah Lipstein & @tamigraph.bsky.social examine VA’s Data Center Alley, and explain why their research examines not only individual sites but “how the politics, economics, & cultural factors of a place" inform effective organizing strategies. datasociety.net/points/situa...
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Through targeted, place-based data center research, we can see how pervasive, existential climate and societal issues show up at the local level and develop a political strategy beyond blocking individual data centers. This means proactively building wide coalitions..."
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Hey folks, I’m seeking examples of Black women or femme artists who incorporate electronic textiles or other types of physical interactive electronic art into their practice. Thank you!
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hey folks, I’m seeking examples of Black women or femme artists who incorporate electronic textiles or other types of physical interactive electronic art into their practice. Thank you!
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Credit: Phillip Jackson / Tulsa Flyer
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Credit: Phillip Jackson / Tulsa Flyer
"OpenAI is not a partner—it’s an empire, cloaked in ethics and bundled with a Terms of Service. The university didn’t resist. It clicked ‘Accept.’"
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"OpenAI is not a partner—it’s an empire, cloaked in ethics and bundled with a Terms of Service. The university didn’t resist. It clicked ‘Accept.’"
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“The Big Tech AI industry is only interested in one thing: zero laws, zero accountability. The American people do not agree with their agenda, and that’s why Big Tech CEOs are putting big money behind efforts to repeal and neuter laws at the federal, state, and international levels.”
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The crypto industry won big in the 2024 elections. The AI industry appears to be using the same model to tilt next year's midterms in its favor.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“The Big Tech AI industry is only interested in one thing: zero laws, zero accountability. The American people do not agree with their agenda, and that’s why Big Tech CEOs are putting big money behind efforts to repeal and neuter laws at the federal, state, and international levels.”
Read more.
Read more.
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As data centers scale across Mumbai, the city faces mounting energy pressure and persistent inequality, revealing the uneven costs of India’s digital ambitions, Sushmita reports for Tech Policy Press.
Mumbai’s Data Center Dreams Run on Coal and Inequality | TechPolicy.Press
As India positions itself as a global data center hub, Mumbai’s data center growth fuels coal dependence and exposes widening inequality, reports Sushmita.
www.techpolicy.press
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As data centers scale across Mumbai, the city faces mounting energy pressure and persistent inequality, revealing the uneven costs of India’s digital ambitions, Sushmita reports for Tech Policy Press.
Totally normal question to ask for a job in a very healthy democracy.
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Totally normal question to ask for a job in a very healthy democracy.
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From the inbox: local activists have taken it upon themselves to print and distro this story to the community. Absolutely love to see it.
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
From the inbox: local activists have taken it upon themselves to print and distro this story to the community. Absolutely love to see it.
“Now, the noise from the trucks lined up outside the elementary school shakes the classrooms.
‘You can’t pay attention,’ Hull, a fourth grader, said. ‘And then you get off track and you lose what the teacher was telling you to do.’”
‘You can’t pay attention,’ Hull, a fourth grader, said. ‘And then you get off track and you lose what the teacher was telling you to do.’”
Construction on Meta’s largest data center brings 600% crash spike, chaos to rural Louisiana • Louisiana Illuminator
There have been 64 crashes between January and mid-September this year, compared to just nine for all of 2024, according to police records obtained by the Gulf States Newsroom.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“Now, the noise from the trucks lined up outside the elementary school shakes the classrooms.
‘You can’t pay attention,’ Hull, a fourth grader, said. ‘And then you get off track and you lose what the teacher was telling you to do.’”
‘You can’t pay attention,’ Hull, a fourth grader, said. ‘And then you get off track and you lose what the teacher was telling you to do.’”
"At the time, the University committed to certain actions on free speech, investments and inclusivity...NU previously took down and modified websites related to diversity and inclusion in early 2025 to adhere to Trump’s executive orders against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives."
Northwestern removes encampment agreement info from website
Northwestern removed almost all references to its 2024 Deering Meadow agreement from University websites, quickly moving to comply with the requirements of its new deal with the Trump administration. ...
dailynorthwestern.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"At the time, the University committed to certain actions on free speech, investments and inclusivity...NU previously took down and modified websites related to diversity and inclusion in early 2025 to adhere to Trump’s executive orders against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives."
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like big tobacco funding cancer research
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
like big tobacco funding cancer research
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I know it’s hard to believe—it is for me, too—but they did this because they *wanted* to.
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I know it’s hard to believe—it is for me, too—but they did this because they *wanted* to.
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“It’s just a tool” is an ignorant thing to say as we witness the massive concentration of capital and overt struggle over which “tools” are going to become locked-in lenses through which we must all perceive our reality. Grow up! Have an actual opinion or get out of the way so the adults can talk.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“It’s just a tool” is an ignorant thing to say as we witness the massive concentration of capital and overt struggle over which “tools” are going to become locked-in lenses through which we must all perceive our reality. Grow up! Have an actual opinion or get out of the way so the adults can talk.
I think one of the most helpful ways to think about AI systems comes from Jasmina Tacheva and Srividya Ramasubramanian's article, "AI Empire: Unraveling the interlocking systems of oppression in generative AI’s global order" and this figure. Open article is at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I think one of the most helpful ways to think about AI systems comes from Jasmina Tacheva and Srividya Ramasubramanian's article, "AI Empire: Unraveling the interlocking systems of oppression in generative AI’s global order" and this figure. Open article is at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
An ongoing concern of mine is not that GenAI will replace teachers but the technology will - as described in the article - deskill teachers "under the banner of efficiency" while also providing those in power with means to deprofessionalize teachers too.
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
An ongoing concern of mine is not that GenAI will replace teachers but the technology will - as described in the article - deskill teachers "under the banner of efficiency" while also providing those in power with means to deprofessionalize teachers too.
Finding the last sled at the hardware store is not quite winning the lottery but it’s close.
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Finding the last sled at the hardware store is not quite winning the lottery but it’s close.
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org