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Do universities have a place in Bill Gates’ AI Transition Plan?
Gates believes the transition to the AI era will be one of the most turbulent in human history. But in a recent call to action he didn’t directly…
Aug 30
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Andrew Maynard
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A quick piece of personal news
After eleven years with the Arizona State University's School for the Future of Innovation in Society, I'm excited to be moving to ASU's Thunderbird…
Aug 16
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Andrew Maynard
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What we can learn with AI by NOT trying to learn
Sometimes, throwing productivity goals, purpose, and measurable outcomes out of the window might be the most powerful way to thrive in a changing world
Aug 2
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Andrew Maynard
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Publish or Perish: AI vs Human
Are frontier AI models beginning to write papers better than humans? I ran a comparison, and it's left me more uncertain than ever.
Jul 19
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Andrew Maynard
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Orphan risks at the frontier of artificial intelligence
What diverging safety and compliance frameworks reveal about how AI companies choose the risks they prioritize — and a follow-up on my work exploring…
Jul 16
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Andrew Maynard
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I asked Anthropic's Fable 5 to create a video game inspired by my work. It's mad!
It probably won't do much for my academic standing, but who cares when you can have this much fun with a frontier AI model 😄
Jul 10
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Andrew Maynard
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Just how good is Anthropic's Fable at researching and writing an academic paper?
Building on my two previous posts on using Anthropic's Fable, I set it the task of researching and writing a paper that builds on my own work. This is…
Jul 4
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Andrew Maynard
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Everything you wanted to know about doing a PhD ... but were afraid to ask
A personal reflection on what a PhD is, what it is not, and how to navigate one should you take the plunge
Jun 14
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Andrew Maynard
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A quick update on using Claude Fable 5 for research
Building on the last post on Anthropic's new Mythos-class model, I wanted to push Fable 5 to its limits with the research goal I set it. This is what I…
Jun 12
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Andrew Maynard
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Is Anthropic's new AI model poised to change the AI higher education landscape ... again?
Anthropic's just-released "Mythos-class" Claude Fable 5 promises another leap in what AI is capable of—and one that could once again profoundly…
Jun 10
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Magnifica Humanitas and Being Human in an Age of AI
Pope Leo XIV's much-anticipated first encyclical is poised to cap a trio of papal pronouncements that grapple with what it means to be human in times of…
May 21
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Andrew Maynard
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AI movies may be less dystopian than we think
An assessment of 169 sci-fi movies from 1927 to 2026 where AI is central to the plot suggests that most are not purely dystopian
May 15
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Andrew Maynard
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