Monthly Archives: December 2022

ChatbotGPT: The New Mechanical Turk

Posted on December 29, 2022 by geoffcain

I am unimpressed with the ChatbotGPT. I asked it to write a sestina, and it could not follow the formula or even write decent rhyming couplets which it used to substitute for the formula for a sestina. It managed to … Continue reading →

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Remembrance of Futures Past, or Where’s my conveyer belt sidewalk?

Posted on December 18, 2022 by geoffcain

We are rapidly approaching that wondrous time of year when pundits congratulate themselves for being right on technology. I used to make pronouncements about technology quite frequently because I was an avid reader of Popular Science and a couple of … Continue reading →

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AI and the Death of the College Essay

Posted on December 9, 2022 by geoffcain

The Atlantic’s December issue has an essay “The College Essay Is Dead: Nobody is prepared for how AI will transform academia” by Stephen Marche that says that AI is going to make the college essay irrelevant. I say good riddance. … Continue reading →

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Remembering Char Gore

Posted on December 3, 2022 by geoffcain

I worked with Char Gore in my role as instructional designer at Tacoma Community College. She was the most innovative and forward-thinking instructors I had ever met. Back in 2008, she was interested in working in virtual worlds, using wikis, … Continue reading →

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