And it seems like they now want AI to finish the job.

I had full time teaching work at 4 different institutions over 20 years. I was worth retaining in a sustainable position the entire time, but the institutions themselves could not find a route to making those positions sustainable. So, I don't teach anymore. What does "deserve" mean in this context?

I'm hoping the Extreme guys see the book sometime and maybe do a remix of the song to feature its message.

Those first impressions formed into what I believe with greater intensity every day. We must be centered on the experiences of life and learning, not the efficiencies or outcomes. It's why I say writing is "more than words." www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...

I know a lot of us were stunned by the apparent power of genAI when it arrived, but I keep hauling myself back to my own first impressions. This technology cannot take anything we truly desire to hold on to. This has been the challenge from the beginning. biblioracle.substack.com/p/chatgpt-ca...

Students: Is there any way we could learn something interesting and meaningful in college?

Schools: Here's your free subscription to the homework machine, but don't use it to "cheat." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

For those of us who work in higher education I think it's beyond clear that students DO NOT WANT this inevitable AI future, but the systems they find themselves in are not doing enough to empower that refusal, and in fact, push them towards capitulation. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Don't get me wrong, I think these things have little to no utility when it comes to learning to write, but my belief that instructors need to be free to make pedagogical choices leaves me open to the possibility. I can't rule it out entirely even though I can't see the use.

Though, I guess I could become even more convicted, but that would be like 99% up from 98%.

Couldn’t, for sure.

There’s a green one on my street I see all the time and I get a little heart tug every appearance. I look up the price to quiet the longing.

Okay, I will amend. "AI" as part of "workflow" is officially my objection. Those who would like to continue to flow their work through whatever methods they prefer have my blessing, not that anyone needs or wants it.

I don't have any objection to tools, and I am talking about AI, which is what they're peddling.

Sure. Computer, spreadsheet, ledger, carbon copy, etc... All these things help and are related to each other. The way AI is positioned is as something that moves you beyond those mundane concerns, concerns which I think are necessary to hold on to for myriad reasons.

...books are so very specific, so even ones with similar criteria like genre/subject, etc... are still limited in terms of comparison. We're also continually surprised by books that take off so trying use the tools as prediction machines is likely to be of limited utility.