Can Humans Like Something that Claims to Be Humanlike?
Since the release of ChatGPT last November, the media have been captivated by it. The trend accelerated last week when...
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Breakfast with Chad: The paradox of “the Human Element” in Education
Yesterday Chad and I got into an involved conversation about the future of education. Before my exit from the breakfast...
Breakfast with Chad: Solving the Education Crisis
Having published an article about my experience with a group of students in India, today decided to raise the important...
How I Got Students to Accept ChatGPT as a New Classmate
This January and February, I had the opportunity of teaching a 20-hour course in geopolitics at the Indian Institute of...
Breakfast with Chad: The Importance of Being Posthumanist
This morning I was thinking about what an academic friend told me about the latest trend in the humanities, something...
Breakfast with Chad: Does History Ever Take a Holiday?
This morning I came across an article described as a “report” concerning Australia’s foreign policy that appeared in The Sydney...
Breakfast with Chad: Mackinder’s World Island
This morning I was mulling over the question of why the war in Ukraine, which may be facing a definitive...
Breakfast with Chad: Alternative reality
This morning I mentioned to Chad a remarkable phrase from a post earlier this week by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist...
Breakfast with Chad: The Value of Diabolical Humor
Chad is, of course, a newcomer to the breakfast table of the Fair Observer boarding Slot house. This morning I...
Breakfast with Chad: Havana Syndrome
This morning I couldn’t help trying to make sense of a confusing, poorly structured news item in The Washington Post...
