“Generational” thoughts on AI for the first week of class
For the first week of class, I’ve put together some of the recent findings from the Pew Research Center that addresses generational responses to AI. These charts come from two summer reports: “Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact” (June 2026) and “Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of…
Peripheral Vision: AirPods with Cameras
In the last week, several reports detailed Apple’s plan to include cameras in the next version of their AirPods. The product remains in development and the material is incomplete, but a few things have been reported. The cameras have both active and passive modes. The active mode includes users requesting information about what they see…
watermarks of providence
with frontier AI’s own dream of self-generating code at the forefront. In short, the entirety of AI industry should be watermarked. And from there, this condition flows out across coding and data analysis through every profession that relies heavily on such practices. In other words, we could consider STEM fields, starting with computer science. Simply…
Who decided AI will be good for society?
In 2026, there is consensus among the 38 public AAU universities that AI will provide a social benefit. That provision is often expressed as conditional, of course, on the important role of the university. But AI social benefit will arrive, and the university must invest in that future. I could argue there is little evidence…
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Alex Reid, Professor of Digital Rhetoric, Media, and Artificial Intelligence 