Report – AI and Education

"In this report, we:

Highlight key aspects of the current educational landscape at MIT.
Share eight principles we relied on and that we hope will guide the Institute in the work ahead.
Recommend immediate and long-term actions for both instructors and the administration.
As an institution deeply identified with the birth of AI and known for its distinctively rigorous, hands-on education, designed to produce graduates unafraid of the world’s hardest problems, MIT has a unique role to play in this moment. We believe it also has a responsibility to lead."

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What to Say When You Suspect Students Are Misusing AI | Harvard Business Impact Education

"These hard conversations give students something they don’t get from avoidance or punishment: the chance to understand their own thinking, see where they may be over-relying on AI, and learn how to use it in ways that actually strengthen their work.

I’ve developed a simple framework that helps guide conversations about suspected AI misuse:

Name it: Share what you’ve noticed with the student.

Disrupt it: Ask a question that requires their own unique thinking.

Change it: Direct the student on how to move forward."

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NON-CONSENT | DO NOT RECORD

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The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact | WIRED

"Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content."

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The Psychological Costs of Adopting AI

"AI adoption strategies are overwhelmingly framed around productivity and efficiency. But that lens misses a critical constraint: the psychological cost of working with AI. New research shows that “psychological debt”—a cluster of six negative effects including cognitive offloading, reduced autonomy, diminished competence, weakened social connection, credibility loss, and identity threat—can materially suppress adoption and erode ROI. In a survey of 1,200 employees across sectors, higher psychological debt was strongly associated with lower AI usage, less sophisticated application, and greater avoidance—even when employees acknowledged AI’s value. Early-career workers were especially affected, suggesting that AI may be undermining skill development at precisely the stage when it matters most. The implication is clear: AI adoption is not just a technology deployment challenge but a human one. Companies that ignore motivation risk investing in tools employees won’t fully use. The solution is to deliberately design human-AI interactions—introducing friction to preserve thinking, ensuring explainability and autonomy, reinforcing human expertise, and normalizing AI use socially and culturally."

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Finding the “Goldilocks Zone” for AI in Curriculum: Logistics, Not Logic | Ian O'Byrne

"The secret to the “Goldilocks Zone” is simple: Outsource the logistics, but keep the logic."

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Accueil | Êtes-vous Sociable ?

"Un futur nouveau réseau social conçu au Québec, pour discuter, s’informer, se divertir, suivre les gens qu’on aime, raconter sa vie, échanger des points de vue... et même refaire le monde !"

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Réaliser son mémoire ou sa thèse à l'ère de l'intelligence artificielle, 2e édition — Presses de l'Université du Québec

"Un mémoire ou une thèse à écrire ? Inquiet, démuni ? Normal, rédiger son mémoire ou sa thèse demeure un rite de passage exigeant – même à l’ère des IA. Entre l’angoisse de la page blanche et le plaisir de la découverte, ce livre vous accompagne avec bienveillance – des premières intuitions jusqu’au point final."

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How to Design Around Cognitive Offloading

"A number of studies published in 2026 have helped to move the debate beyond the binary and replace it with a more nuanced (but still incomplete) understanding of conditions under which offloading harms learning, the conditions under which AI improves cognition, and how to design for the difference."

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The 2031 Crisis in Higher Education: a stark scenario | Bryan Alexander

"Some of the scenario’s details will be familiar to my readers, starting with demographic effects.  The One Big Beautiful Bill Act plays a role by cutting loans (and therefore enrollment) while also threatening academic programs without good ROI.  State funding to public universities declines again, while demand for skilled trades rises."

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