It’s rare these days that I have the time and mental capacity to read a book. Like many of us, my attention span has suffered in the social media era. But when I was sent a preview copy of Katie Benner and Erica L. Green’s Miracle Children, I couldn’t put it down! If you love learning the backstory behind scandals, this book is for you. If you’re interested in American education, this story is for you. If you constantly ask “how did we get here” regarding the hunger games of college admission, this book is for you.
Continue reading “Beyond the Headlines: A Review of Miracle Children”What is a good college?
We need to have a serious discussion about what we call a “good college.” Having recently gone through the college application process with my oldest child—and now starting it again with my youngest—I’ve been thinking a lot about choosing a college and what makes a good college. We need to reconsider the better define what and who gets to define a best, top, good, or (god-forbid) elite colleges. Who can we trust to tell us which colleges are best? How should a family define what makes a college “best”? Is it the educational experience, rankings, social life, brand/reputation, cost, or something else entirely?
Let’s explore this …
Large Language Models (misnamed AI) are Not Intelligent
AI is not intelligent.
At least not yet. The large language models (colloquially, and incorrectly, referred to as artificial intelligence) that we currently have are not Max Headroom, Skynet, Sunny, Data/Lore, Terminator, or CP3O. They aren’t even WOPR/Joshua (and if you don’t know all the listed AIs, you and I can’t be friends). They are not thinking machines. They are fancy google searches. If we think of them that way we’ll likely get better use out of them. If you make your students/children understand that, they will likely rely on them for more appropriate tasks.
Bellowings 
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