Tom Mullaney

Infographic officially generated by AI and full of weird spellings as follows: AI-EMPOWERED LIBERAIAN: A Guide to FUTURE SKILLS & TOOLS CORE SKILLS INFO LITERACY 2.0 PROMPT ENGINEERING HALLUCINATION VERIFICATION Crafting effective queries New Boulean Logic New Boulean Logic Fixing bad Al answers You: Human-in-the-loop ALGORTHMIC BIAS TOOL FLUENCY Perpxlexy (Cited Ansiwers) (Lit Raviews) Elicit (Lit Reviews) Consesus (Science) Spotting stereyptes Critical evaligane Workshops YOU are the *Al-Literate Information Professional Teach Patrons to Think Critically ETHICS & LAW PRACTICAL WINS COPYRIGHT & IP CATALOGING Clean Metddata Transcribe Archives (Transkribus) MARKETING DATA PRIVACY Al content not cophiyated Social Media Captions ACCESBILITY No sensitive data in public Al Protecting user info Video Transcripts Speech-to-Text Be the Trust Agent ~Gatekeeper~

Oh joy, another helpful AI infographic via LinkedIn. Off I go to my job as a liberaian, maybe to run some critical evaligane workshops and of course use New! Boulean! Logic!

Thank you, @shanavwhite.blacksky.app, for sharing this.

Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.

This is obvious to anyone who teaches. #genAI #AIinEDU #EduSky gizmodo.com/learning-wit...

in a sane world, openAI execs would be driven from the village with pitchforks for the audacity of this

Misued the app? OpenAI needs to be held accountable by law. Accountability shouldn't be left to the parents of its victims.

YouTube video by CrashCourse Hollywood, Pretendians, and Cultural Appropriation: Ep 23 of Crash Course Native American History

Native people have been a part of Hollywood and wider American culture for centuries—but not always in the best ways. In this week's episode of Crash Course Native American History, we explore cultural appropriation, from redface to pretendians, and everything in between. youtu.be/7Tg2mCKP6tY

YouTube video by CrashCourse Myths & Misconceptions About Native Americans: Ep 3 of Crash Course Native American History

I am grateful to @che-jim.com and @thecrashcourse.bsky.social for this terrific video. Must watch for American history classrooms. #SocialStudies #USHistory #EduSky youtu.be/InZacsO8ico?...

Children certified in Gemini, a product that amplifies bias, misinformation, and environmental degradation?

K-12 schools should ignore this and encourage kids to think past the genAI hype.

Before You Become a Gemini Certified Educator Be careful what you tie your name to.

I recently wrote about the disheartening feeling of seeing teachers attach their names to Gemini. Now they want children to do the same! www.criticalinkling.com/p/gemini-cer...

Are we really at a stage in public education where we consider it OK to have literally Google-branded schoolchildren whose learner identities are tied to being "responsible AI" users of private for-profit technologies?

I searched his name on this app because I recently started teaching an AP course. This is my exact reaction to seeing one of his videos for the first time.

If you can, make some time to read this if you're in anyway connected to a classroom:

How the Karen Read Trial Compares to Generative AI in Education A post for overlapping true crime and EdTech circles.

The post I wrote that mentions this: www.criticalinkling.com/p/karen-read...

Two Google for Education YouTube thumbnails of students who do not appear very interested. Below the thumbnails is the text, "Examine the expressions on the students’ faces in the YouTube thumbnails. What do you notice? What do you wonder? Do the students look interested or disinterested?"

Something I noticed when I wrote about school districts promoting AI for Google for Education: These are the YouTube video thumbnails. Is this the most excited they could get the kids to look? #genAI #EdTech CC @civicsoftech.bsky.social

How the Karen Read Trial Compares to Generative AI in Education A post for overlapping true crime and EdTech circles.

I have been obsessed with the Karen Read trial for months. I recently noticed connections between the efforts to convict her and the efforts to sell genAI to K-12 schools.

www.criticalinkling.com/p/karen-read...

AI World Clocks The current time as rendered by 9 different AI models. By Brian Moore.

This site brilliantly demonstrates the perils of relying on LLM generated content. It creates code to show a clock from nine popular models every minute. Changes within each model are alarming. Keep it on screen for 10 minutes, and tell me how you feel about relying on LLMs! clocks.brianmoore.com

I have seen "Gen AI is as good as those using it" so often on social media.

Heck no.

If a tool is so finicky that it has to be used just so to prevent generating harmful content, maybe the tool isn't very useful.

Put the onus on the company behind the tool, not the user.

#EduSky

i'm interested in basic research that:

1. shines light on how existing platforms, models, & the industry at large operates

2.uncovers intentionally obscured info/data

3. is adversary to industry but informative to public. verifiable & independent body of knowledge to equip people to demand better

i receive so many emails from fellow researchers working in the AI accountability space looking to collaborate, join my lab, etc… while i appreciate each effort in this space, i am not interested in any effort focused on:

1. helping users (this puts the onus on users) navigate existing systems

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A shout out to the work of @benjaminjriley.bsky.social in this post that builds off my July post for @civicsoftech.bsky.social.

Before You Become a Gemini Certified Educator Be careful what you tie your name to.

I'm seeing a lot of Gemini Certified Educators in my social media feeds. This is a good time to think critically about Gemini, how it is developed, and how it could impact (possibly harm) K-12 education. Be careful what you attach your name to.

www.criticalinkling.com/p/gemini-cer...

ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.

Yet another awful story.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

A typewriter with a single sheet of paper that says "Update" in big letters.

Career Update: I am excited to share that for the next four months, I will be teaching AP US History and US Government & Politics at an excellent high school in my area.

🖼️ by Markus Winkler on Unsplash.

I have a post up today about generative AI and the NBA 🏀

Sure enough, AI slop is one of the concerns - the Mavericks created a hype video that is textbook AI slop.

What happens if students think that AI slop is creativity?

www.criticalinkling.com/i/175954521/...

What if Generative AI does to schools what it's doing to the NBA? Generative AI's impact on the league is worrisome.

Happy NBA Opening Night! I have some concerns for education after seeing how generative AI has affected the NBA. #GenerativeAI #K12 #EduSky www.criticalinkling.com/p/generative...

Co-sign. The Monster at the End of This Book is my favorite. youtu.be/WNBgfVJLuzY?...

Today is Grover's birthday and he is my favorite from Sesame Street.

Love his genuine humor and heart. 💙

'Under tremendous pressure': Newsom vetoes long-awaited AI chatbot bill Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have barred youth use of AI chatbots.

It is concerning that Governor Newsom vetoed this bill. It is even more concerning that tech companies lobbied so hard against protections for children. #GenerativeAI #EduSky www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

I actually think some tech, if not cheap and dominant, and used thoughtfully could be a real help.

Imagine if kids had 14 inch screens on real computers, not 11 inch Chromebooks. Or iPad pros with Apple pencils.

From time to time, that could be fun and engaging.

That's not the current situation.

The only one benefitting from tech in schools is the AI industy. More tech means higher rates of anxiety & depression and less learning. Stop companies from sucking the life out of kids. Books, paper, pens, a board, a quiet airy classroom...these work and are much cheaper.