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1/ New paper in Communications Psychology: Against Frictionless AI. Led by my student Emily Zohar and @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social.
The argument: AI's greatest selling point is also its problem.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Interesting. I've never heard of the guy you're citing, but I think the consensus is more measured. Here's a good summary piece that came out a couple of days ago. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/a-guide-to...
20.02.2026 18:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Huh. What field are you in? In the sciences, most of the people I know (though not all) use computational tools, including LLMs, all the time. If there are tools that help improve their writing, background research, and so on, then it would be irresponsible not to use them.
20.02.2026 18:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Matt -- Interesting! I use ChatGPT 5.2 Thinking more often than Claude Opus 4.6, though I pay for both. Do you honestly think this makes me a rube? A lot of the mavens, like Ethan Mollick, say otherwise (they see it as a hard choice), but I'm interested in your take here.
19.02.2026 21:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0That all makes sense, except for the first sentence. I think universities should be progressive—in the sense that they should be receptive to exploring new and better ways to preserve, extend, and share knowledge.
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Toronto pals! If you have nothing to do tomorrow night ...
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Yeah, I get that. In fact, I say that. Which is why the MOOC/AI arguments are just there to set up the broader claim that takes up most of my piece: that universities (or at least the parts that profs control) are very conservative places.
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Since nobody else is talking about AI these days, check out my conversation w/ @azimshariff.bsky.social sponsored by the International Telecommunications Society & the Munk School. It’ll be fun! (Azim and I disagree about a few things.) Feb. 19, 9:30–10:30 AM EST
www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-ai-cha...
AI companions have become increasingly popular. But what’s their overall impact on our lives? Join Yiran Hua, @minzlicht.bsky.social & @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social at @uoftethics.bsky.social to discuss ethical questions about AI companions. Jan. 23, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-compani...
09.01.2026 18:28 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Excellent piece; thanks for resharing. My teaching philosophy has essentially evolved into WWPBD (What Would Paul Bloom Do).
07.01.2026 14:42 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Is one of your goals for 2026 to write more? One question I get all the time is, "How do you make time to write?" So, here is my unsolicited writing advice for the new year:
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Elon, Trump, Fuentes: Bad Men or Trolls or Both? |
@robertwrighter.bsky.social and @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social
discuss the Brown shooting and Rob Reiner’s murder—and how Musk and Trump responded to them. Plus: Susie Wiles gone wild, Morgan/Fuentes, the Oliver Sacks revelations, and more.
A fascinating and deeply thoughtful analysis of the different motivations for faculty diversity by @azimshariff.bsky.social --essential reading for anyone interested in this issue (either pro- or anti-DEI)
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
