Remember MOOCs? Remember NFTs? Remember crypto? No? Neither does your provost--they're working on AI now

The blockchain will provide an irrefutable, indelible record of the various tech hypefrauds that these institutions have promoted.

I remember the hype! Just like NFTs, I found a great place to play with crypto at Hugewin!

You may not appreciate it but MOOC-educated and micro-credentialed founders are doing what nobody else dares, like building cutting-edge submersibles and taking crypto billionaires to the bottom of the ocean.

"artificial intelligence" has been a good description of higher ed admin for a long time anyway, to be fair. they're just finding their level.

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Imagining a supercut of provosts being asked to explain the difference between AI and machine learning and giggling to myself

10 years ago I was told that Massive Open Online Courses were going to change the game such that fuddy-duddy teachers were going to be out of a job. How'd that work out?

We just got a brand new provost. She introduced herself at the fall faculty meeting saying she was excited about the science work going on at our uni and to get us all using AI. As a historian, not really feeling it.

I remember Second Life