tiger roholt
@tigerroholt.bsky.social
philosophy professor at montclair state university - writing about meaningfulness, art/music, technology • http://www.tigerroholt.com
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
I’m currently focused on the internal goods of practices, in MacIntyre’s sense. Judging from your background you probably have—just in case you missed these, check out Albert Borgmann’s Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life (1984), and relatedly, David Strong’s Crazy Mountains (1995).
April 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’m currently focused on the internal goods of practices, in MacIntyre’s sense. Judging from your background you probably have—just in case you missed these, check out Albert Borgmann’s Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life (1984), and relatedly, David Strong’s Crazy Mountains (1995).