Here we are again! New readers, welcome!! There are already quite a few of you—so cool! Please do reply to this email; the downside of a newsletter compared to social media is that I hardly ever hear back (but hey, no hate messages either, which is nice…). 404 Media:It was, of course, DeepSeek week, but […]
Week 4’s AI news
It was another wild week of AI craziness! The Guardian:I’ve written before about all the madness in the UK, and this week they’ve launched something new over there —a tool powered by AI that helps Cabinet Ministers understand how people might react to their policies. And naturally, I can’t help but ask: do you really […]
Week 3’s AI news
I’m trying something new again! Instead of endlessly bookmarking articles because I think “I’ll come back to this later,” from now on I’ll start a blog post each week and update it throughout the week. That way, by the end of the week I’ll have a nice overview, and I’ll hopefully be able to easily […]
Why *not* to use LLMs in computer science education?
In a previous post I have tried to describe the reasons I see being used to use LLMs in CS education: 1) professionals use them, 2) LLMs can replace parts of teaching and 3) students will use them anyway so we as teachers have to somehow deal with that. What I am missing a lot […]
Why to use LLMs in computer science education?
This Friday I will be in a panel at the SEN symposium (which I was participating in 2 years ago too, talking about autograders) The organizers told me that the “discussion will revolve around opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions” and I was allowed to discuss one statement. Since they only gave me 7 minutes (and […]
