📰 The State News: AI & Humanities
An article in The State News details the experience of humanities professors grappling with the rapid integration of AI tools into academia. AI detection, policy enforcement, and pedagogical changes are top of mind.
😱 Whakapapa is Not a Dataset
Facial data uploaded into AI tools can extract features tied to ancestry, culture, and community, especially for Maori and other Indigenous peoples. The rising trend of AI-generated action figures is an example of digital sovereignty issues that at the surface seem like playful customization.
Learn More: Taiuru, K. (2025, April 13). Risks of AI Action Figure Trend [LinkedIn post]. LinkedIn.
💬 Better Answers, Less Talk
Students using AI chatbots boost outcomes but shrank engagement with peers. Instructors should supplement chatbot use with reflection or peer talk to keep students active during class.
🤖 AI Diffusion Through Social Systems
Narayanan and Kapoor argue that AI’s biggest impacts from not from sudden breakthroughs, but from slow, uneven diffusion shaped by human institutions, politics, and social systems. AI outperforms in modeling, but these tools still rely on massive human-operated systems. Even smart tools need domain knowledge and infrastructure.