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Revisiting custom GPTs — the good, the bad, and the ... interesting!
It's been a minute but I thought it time to take a fresh look at OpenAI's custom GPT feature. I found myself both frustrated and surprised!
22 hrs ago
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Andrew Maynard
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Do universities have a future in Trump's plans to accelerate scientific discovery through the use of AI?
The recently announced Genesis Mission sets out to transform how science is done in the US. Yet it's a mission that places national labs—and not…
Dec 7
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Andrew Maynard
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November 2025
Postscript: Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
Plausible AI trajectories and their potential implications to academia: a closing reflection on Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
Nov 30
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Andrew Maynard
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Part 3 of Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
Part 3 of a three-part serialization of the short story “Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft”
Nov 26
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Andrew Maynard
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Part 2 of Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
Part 2 of a three-part serialization of the short story "Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft"
Nov 25
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Andrew Maynard
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Part 1 of Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
Part 1 of a three-part serialization of the short story “Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft”
Nov 24
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Andrew Maynard
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Preamble: Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
What does it mean to be an academic in an age of AI when who you are depends so much on how you use your mind? Over the next few days I'll be…
Nov 23
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Andrew Maynard
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Parasocial Relationships: Problematic Practice or Public Promise?
This year's Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year is "parasocial"—spurred on by growing concerns over our love affair with AI chatbots
Nov 19
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Andrew Maynard
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Can AI help redesign the technosphere—and so save the planet?
If AI is going to help save the planet, we’re going to have to point it away from the Earth and toward our techno-human selves.
Nov 16
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Clark Miller
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Is planetary health without AI moribund?
A new report from the Stockholm Resilience Center doesn't go quite that far, but it does underline the importance—as well as the pitfalls—of using AI to…
Nov 12
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Andrew Maynard
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Should universities be doing more to address the mental health risks of using AI?
Emerging concerns suggests they should
Nov 9
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Andrew Maynard
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October 2025
Haunted Futures
A tech improv Modem Futura special, just for Halloween ...
Oct 31
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Andrew Maynard
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