I’m skeptical, not afraid, of AI

The Leader of the Luddites, 1812, hand-colored etching. Image from Wikimedia, CC license.

Summary: Massimo discusses the impact of generative AI (gAI) on academia, particularly in teaching and scholarship. While acknowledging the potential of AI, he highlights concerns about its misuse, including plagiarism and the erosion of critical thinking skills. Massimo contrasts human expertise, which relies on intuition and embodied knowledge, with machine expertise, which operates based on accumulated fa...