Are you with me now? A. J. Ryde   Whenever James Gleick reviews books in the NY Review of Books it gets my attention. This time, Th e Parrot in the Machine - The artificial intelligence industry depends on plagiarism, mimicry, and exploited labor, not intelligence reviewed two books:   The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna   The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood by James Boyle   James Gleick is both scien

Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder   Chats without Bots “Can I eat this? How far can I throw that? They are motivated by emotions such as desire, curiosity, and frustration. Children are always trying to do something just beyond that ability. Their learning is efficient because it’s embodied, adaptive, deliberate, and continuous. Maybe truly understanding the world requires participating in it.”    Ya Think? Just maybe? And, because understanding requires participation in the w

Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder   “Take it LITE”   At yesterday’s BPL board meeting Carlos introduced Leadership Journeys Lite (LJL) and I loved it. Both Brenda Diaz and Jeff Palladino principals at Nashville Big Picture and Fannie Lou Hamer respectively were highlighted. Given the rules set up for Leadership Journeys I won’t talk about the content of their talk but I’ll say that both Brenda and Jeff have built communities of trust that show how students matter as they do