Kevin P. Taylor

The dark ages were a time when the few remaining nerds were cloistered.

We keep saying: "AI will handle the boring stuff, and humans will supervise." But the problem is--as AI reliability improves, it becomes really hard to motivate a human to conscientiously monitor it.

In a new WP with Gerard Cachon, we describe the "human-AI contracting paradox."

Quite on-brand for both Ackman and Gino.

This is the way.

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This is absolutely wild, and super important.

There are zillions of studies claiming that fMRI signals indicate increased brain activity, and it looks like that's often just wrong.

If confirmed, this means we've misinterpreted a lot of research.

Elegant creature! From a distance...

Mr Cuban,

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I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite

What am I missing here? How can you review a manuscript by first askiing AI to summarize it?

That’s called malpractice. Just. Don’t.

First they cut arts in schools to make way for standards and efficiency. And now we hear we need machines to come up with new ideas for us because we can’t do it.

Just say No to these people. It’s dangerous nonsense. And should be disregarded and treated only with scorn.

Microsoft pop-up inviting me to click a box to "stay signed in". I always tick the box. Microsoft never keeps me signed in.

I call this "The Lying Screen"

Dumping Calibri for Times New Roman is a reform I can get behind.

With this latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.

It's the guns!!! :(

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This one came to mind.

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Hey #rstats and #stats people, does anyone know of any references that explain the hazards of trying to run or interpret models with all combinations of many predictors? (i.e., including multiple 2-way and 3-way interactions)

Excited for my new oped on the complexities of the screen time debate. Huge thanks to my mentor @micheleweldon.bsky.social and @medpagetoday.com editor @gfriedman.bsky.social

Figure 1: The important dimensions of CAILs across research and education; clockwise from 12 o’clock: Con- ceptual Clarity is the idea that terms should refer. Critical Thinking is deep engagement with the relationships between statements about the world. Decoloniality is the process of de-centring and addressing dominant harmful views and practices. Respecting Expertise is the epistemic compact between professionals and society. Slow Science is a disposition towards preferring psychologically, techno-socially, and epistemically healthy practices. The lines between dimensions represent how they are interwoven both directly and indirectly.

New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"

Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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UCSD (30% acceptance rate) was just profiled in a story where it stated they went from 30 freshmen in remedial math 5 years ago to 900 last year.

I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

Interesting and well written experiences of an English professor updating their curriculum to be AI resistant. Recommended reading: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

On the left, a narrow, glass-fronted display case with a mix of letterpress, hand-bound, antiquarian, and collectors' books; stretching off to the right, 8-foot bookcases laden with literary and contemporary commercial fiction, about one thousand books out of the 6-7 thousand in that section. LED lighting and light-colored wood cases and flooring keep the room feeling relatively spacious despite the sheer quantity of books.

Communities need used-book shops.

As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...

We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.

In wartime, it is customary (the law?) to render aid to enemy sailors when their vessel is sunk and/or no longer capable of fighting.

Yes, LinkedIn’s self-presentation and promotion first and foremost. Constructive debate is near verboten and authentic connection is stilted because of both of these.

PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!

gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!

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My twitter folks either remained and mostly disengaged or moved to LinkedIn or idk. I’m not a fan of the “I’m excited to announce…” culture on LinkedIn. So, now flit between academic groups somewhat related to my discipline on here.

Some truth to this

Thanks for sharing your story.

One purpose is thick description—to deeply understand one or a few experiences embedded in particular contexts.

I’m also a quant but I have deep respect for my colleagues who toil away with qual work. It seems so challenging and uncertain. 😀

If LLMs can write dissertations, why can’t my iPhone properly correct my spelling in a message?

It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.

24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.

The pen is mightier than the keyboard.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.