Issue #1 - Burn the books, ban AI. Screwed teachers: Middle Ages are so sexy.

February 24, 2023
Splendid Edition
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If you are not exhausted after reading the Free Edition of Synthetic Work Issue #1, don’t worry. There’s a lot more tedious AI stuff to talk about below.

The first industry where artificial intelligence is wreaking havoc is Education. And given that many of you have or will have kids, I thought it would be interesting to dedicate the Splendid Edition of Synthetic Work Issue #1 by exploring what’s happening in our learning institutions.

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