How to convert text book word problems which spoon feed too much into problems that students will have a conversation about and go onto solve with slower but deeper thinking. Even better, Dan is an entertaining presenter who combines humour with socially important knowledge and modern technology.
The last duck post of 2026
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Across the morning sky, all the birds are leaving. Ah, how can they know
it’s time for them to go? Yes, the birds of Botany Pond have left, and by
that I m...
I Want Better Reporting on AI Genie Behavior
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AI systems are regularly completing tasks in ways that their prompters
don’t want or intend. Some of them are disturbing, and some of them are
dangerous....
The market will crash if Trump steals the election:
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from Dean Baker All the political experts are telling us that the
Republicans face a shellacking in November. The Democrats seem virtually
certain to win t...
Beat Döbeli und das Biblionetz
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Das Biblionetz ist eine einzigartige Website, die mehr Aufmerksamkeit
verdient. Es beschreibt viele tausende Bücher, Artikel, Texte und
Ausschnitte, und de...
My “Knowmads” podcast on science and AI
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Or click here if the above doesn’t work. Recorded in-person in my office at
UT Austin, with a bulleted list containing “ARC,” “Scalable Oversight,” and
“Mo...
A Patreon member comments on US refinery problems
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I”m overjoyed to see that the number of Patreon subscribers is increasing.
One of the virtues is getting feedback from you. This is the best way to
exten...
Bill Ackman: The Biggest Fight of His Life
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Bill Ackman is the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management,
one of the most closely watched investment firms in the world. In this
conversa...
What's the Point of AI, Anyway?
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*The point of AI is profit, dependence and dominance cloaked with Happy
Story Hoopla about super-abundance. We have a super-abundance already--of
malicious...
How deep is Tulainyo Lake?
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Regular readers may recall that I put a visit to Tulainyo Lake on my bucket
list a few years ago. Last week I did it. Impossibly remote, otherworldly
beaut...
Flawed premises in AI doomerism
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[image: A stack of wavy lines, some more angular waves, a vertical barrier,
lots of pastel ellipses, and a brown ground, with a mechanical flower in
the mi...
Trump Is Definitely Considering Nuking Iran
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Source: Hotpot.aiTrump is in a tight spot with the Iran war and needs to
find a way out before the midterms. A tactical nuclear strike on Iran's
nuclear ...
Stonehenge I Moon Circle and ECDO Theory
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Our speculation in this article, particularly as it pertains to Structure 5
of the earliest rendition of Stonehenge — a moon circle, rather than a sun
circ...
Climate Etc. is now an archive
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Climate Etc. closed in June 2026 and this site is preserved as a read-only
archive. This feed will not update again -- visit the homepage for where to
find...
Spring 2026 PCAS Update: Recruiting a new Lecturer
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My last update on the University of Michigan’s Program in Computing for the
Arts and Sciences (PCAS) was in March 2024 (see post here). I did give some
upd...
Some thoughts about Bondi
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Why did it happen? I think that the combination of four factors (listed
below) was close to a sufficient cause. Sufficient at least to make a
terrorist att...
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