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Guest Post: Using AI as a collaborator, not a crutch

Posted on October 20, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

Editor’s Note: Regular readers here will know (can’t help but noticing!) my disdain for most things AI, especially in creative work. (I also worry, somewhat speculatively, that it could result in the end of the world as we know it…) … Continue reading →

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Dartmouth provost uses AI to do his homework

Posted on October 13, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

Aside from the debates as to whether AI models are out of control and could take over/destroy the world, there is the smaller, but still important, question as to how much disclosure is required by people using AI to create … Continue reading →

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Using AI to do your homework isn’t limited to college students

Posted on September 21, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

One of my great frustrations during the last couple of years of my college-teaching career was students using generative AI tools like ChatGPT to complete their homework. It was sad to see with academic homework, but what really disappointed me … Continue reading →

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What Has Happened to the Washington Post?

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Ralph Hanson

Editor’s note: Last week, the Washington Post’s publisher and CEO William Lewis announced that the paper for the only the second time in 50 years would not be endorsing a candidate for the presidency of the United States. In a … Continue reading →

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My How Times Have @#%&ing Changed: Politicians, Presidents and Profanity

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Ralph Hanson

As I have previously written, presidents and other politicians using offensive  language is nothing new. (In fact, I wrote about this topic as early as 2006 in a media commentary for the late, great Charleston Daily Mail, now merged into … Continue reading →

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A Rough Week for Fox and its Hosts Part 2 – Bye Bye Tucker Carlson (& CNN’s Don Lemon)

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Ralph Hanson

The popular right-wing cable talk network Fox News has had a rough couple of weeks. In a previous post we talked about their settlement of Dominion Voting Systems $1.6 billion defamation suit. And in this post will discuss why popular … Continue reading →

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Twits commenting on AI student deception, auto transcription & more charges of bias

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Ralph Hanson

Twitter’s had a lot of discussion about some interesting issues in the last week. Here’s some thoughts on student use of AI tools, use of automated transcription, and false equivalency bias. I’m less in the “can’t be tricked!” camp and … Continue reading →

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How do journalists cover elections & Trump this time around?

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been writing lately about how journalists covered the 2022 election. Is it too early to start thinking about the 2024 election? Even if it is, lots of journalists have started doing so. Let’s take a look: Center right WaPo … Continue reading →

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