Reposted by MCfry69 @fry69.dev · 30/08/2026This gets exponentially more threatening if the author is known for a specific style/world building that could easily repeated/extended with LLMs. "Discworld", "Harry Potter", "Game of Thrones" as prominent examples. Those authors need the fiction of originality, that is what sells. Related -> 031
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026🥱Stop howling about AI. Adapt. Or don’t. Whatever: make a choice. If you don’t want to use it, don’t. All cool, well done you.👏 If you are using it, great. You can stop bragging now. We get it. 👍 Moving on… 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026In our demand for human authorial purity is Pangram the one drop adjudicator now?open.substack.comAI monitoring: a mirror of ethnic monitoring?Towards a post-AI medium. 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 01/03/2026substack.com/@politicsusa...substack.comTruth Matters (@politicsusa46)I thought it might be an idea to introduce a little historical context into the Iran conversation. Thanks to Yasi for this series of which I will feature all three parts. This is part one. 🎥 TikTok ... 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 07/02/2026I try to avoid politics on social media but this - clear and calm - deserves to be amplified: news.sky.com/story/i-neve...news.sky.comTrump sharing racist image of Obamas shows something has changedThe dehumanisation of black people in this way is a trope dating back hundreds of years. It's something which had, for many years, been confined to the dustbin of history, while still very much a part... 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Towards a Technocritical Literary Theory open.substack.com/pub/madelein... 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Ongoing exploration of the intersection between #AI, #multiraciality and #sci-fi at bit.ly/4qFVO9e Is it weird? What isn’t? 👽👾🧜🏼♀️ 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Ongoing exploration of the intersection of #sci-fi, #multiraciality and #AI at madeleinechampagnie.substack.com/p/how-to-be-... Weird? Yep. But what isn't? 👽 👾 🧜 020
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 05/10/2025How to be a Hybrid and Rule the AI-lien Earth open.substack.com/pub/madelein...open.substack.comHow to be a Hybrid and Rule the AI-lien EarthPart 1. How it Began 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Knowledge archaeology could be a useful skill in the future. #AI #EduSky #EduSkyAI open.substack.com/pub/madelein... 030
Reposted by MCM. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 06/07/2025“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.” — A. Whitney Griswold 130118072489
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Convinced that the latest release of #covid, Stratus XFG with its upgrade version XFG.3 comes from Silicon Valley as it’s giving everyone vocal frrryyyyy. I like the branding, but the free version does have some latency issues: takes a while to shut down ☣️ #Stratus #bug #virus 100
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 25/05/2025A rant, but come ON! #AI #EduSky #EduSkyAIopen.substack.comMove fast and break educationAround 2013 it became apparent to me that state education in the UK was broken: the ship was sinking. 010
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Contemplating paying for either Claude or Chat. Anyone have any thoughts on which one?! #AI #ClaudeAI #ChatGPT @mikekentz.bsky.social @emollick.bsky.social @the-it-girl.bsky.social @leonfurze.com @timohannay.bsky.social 200
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025#AI #EduSky #EduSkyAIsubstack.comAI: the culture terminator?“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” so the saying goes. 010
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 26/04/2025I love this perspective. Standing in silence, dwarfed by the vastness of the church, four pillars spiralling up to heaven, minuscule and insignificant before the Pope’s coffin, Trump & Melania: silenced. In the end, nobody is bigger than death or God. #PopeFrancis 010
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025substack.com/@madeleinech...substack.comExam essays: only the semblance of truth.Is it time to deprioritise written output? 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025@anarchistmom.bsky.social very interesting convo between you & ChatGPT on Substackz. Multimodal assessment is surely the way forward now… 110
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Socratic dialogue in secondary schools open.substack.com/pub/madelein... #EduSky #AI #SocraticDialogue #EduSkyAIopen.substack.comSocratic dialogue in secondary schoolAs an antidote & mitigation for AI, tech, screens and the like we have been running Socratic dialogue lessons in my 11-18 school. 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/03/2025GOOD GRIEF. The plot of ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ by Sinclair Lewis, NY, 1935, is basically describing USA 2025. Someone, please, get Netflix onto this! #dystopia #MAGA 😳😳😳 @netflix.com @drnjwaddell.bsky.social @orwellfdn.bsky.social 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Move from debate to dialogue. Binaries in AI pedagogy ignore a deeper proposition. #Edusky #EduSkyAI #AI 110
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Some sobering stats and facts here arxiv.org/pdf/2501.17980 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 23/01/2025@the-it-girl.bsky.social hey hi! I’m on here too! Great to meet you (and be filmed !) geeking out over Brisk and sci-fi at BETT😬👽👾 120
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Interesting: I’m currently ploughing through one classical fiction novel per week, for exam marking later this year. I’m on #5 of American Fiction. The process is restructuring my mind, I’m sure of it: dreaming in my 2nd language; feeling more alert..🧐 #EduSky #books @englishassociation.bsky.social 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I’ve also been thinking about the microwave analogy. When they first appeared they had a bazillion functions & buttons. We just use them for reheating food now. GenAI is great for some rapid info shuffling bit can be a sloppy substitute for the struggle needed for deep learning & creativity. 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 05/01/2025@andyperfors.bsky.social THIS. Exactly what I’ve been tangling with. (Via Barthes.) But this is so on point 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #EduSky #AI #EduSkyAIperfors.netThe work of creation in the age of AI | Andrew PerforsIn which I become an old man yelling futilely at the clouds 131
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Controversial take: isn’t using AI basically a giant form of copy-paste? #AI #EduSkyAI In a system which does not protect space for creativity & deep thinking, people will use tools that just get the job done, minus the thinking & personal creativity; all ‘ideas’ conforming to average slop. 200
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 04/01/2025John Steinbeck, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ (1939). Relevant to our relationship with AI? #EduSkyAI #AI #EdTech We need to remember the land we love. 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 27/12/2024And another thing. AI sycophancy. If kids grow up expecting language interactions with *someone* on a screen to be 💯 blisteringly positive, what happens to debate, itself already pretty much destroyed by social media? [Am currently in ‘storming at AI’ phase.] #EduSkyAI #EduSky 010
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 27/12/2024As has been said, teams go through stages of forming, storming, norming & performing when disrupted. @mikekentz.bsky.social and others' writing and thinking about #EduAI seem to be going through a similar cycle. Here's my storming: n9.cl/apjsz #WePreferUs #EduSky #EduSkyAI 020
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 21/12/2024The thing is, though, we all realised that we prefer in person human interaction after the borefest of covid lockdowns. Nobody actually wants to totally outsource teaching and learning to screens, or for omniscient AI tutors to replace the mess of humanity. We prefer us. #EdTech #EduSkyAI #EduSky 081
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 20/12/2024🌱 How about this: ask yourself, ‘Do I need to use a bottle of water or could I just google it?’ before inputting inane questions into LLMs. #EcoAI #EduSky #EduSkyAI 🌱 020
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Do schools use ChatGPT? How has this been presented to parents & permissions gained for 13-17year olds? #EduSkyAI #EduSky #AI I hear a lot about LLM use in schools but nothing about the legalities. Anyone? @englishassociation.bsky.social pls repost? 101
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Are any schools using onboard AI ‘tutoring’ systems for their students? Which work? #EduSkyAI #EduSky @mikekentz.bsky.social @leonfurze.com @funkypedagogy.bsky.social 341
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 09/12/2024What would Roland Barthes say about LLMs? tinyurl.com/Mchampagnie #EduSkyAI #AI #EdUSky #LLMs #LitTheorytinyurl.comWhat does ‘genesis’ mean in the new AI age? A live streamed Barthesian chat about LLMs. .pdf 120
Reposted by MCkey-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I think it would be pretty neat than instead of celebrating when we all get a brand new product, we instead brag about how long we have had our things and still use them. I've had my iphone 6s since 2016 and just replaced it with a hand-me-down iphone 11. ipad pro & apple pen - 2018 imac - 2011 5675750405
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Nobody: Science: cyborg cockroach swarm!newscientist.comWatch a swarm of cyborg cockroaches controlled by computersRemote-controlled cockroaches with computers mounted on their backs can move as a swarm towards a target location, and could be used for search missions 011
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024We need to talk about this. #EduSky #EduSkyAI #AI @mikekentz.bsky.social @leonfurze.com @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social @aiineducation.bsky.social 341
Reposted by MCZach Kinzler @zkinzler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Everyone here needs to read this. Wild. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... #EdTech #Teaching #AIEducation #AIEdu #Academiathetimes.com‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thoughtThe massive computer clusters powering artificial intelligence consume vast quantities to answer the world’s queries, but how is Big Tech redressing the balance? 121
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The AI overwhelmed: a teacher’s p.o.v. #EduSky #EduSkyAI @englishassociation.bsky.social @learnwithzainetek.bsky.social @emollick.bsky.social 👋🏼🙂substack.comMadeleine Champagnie on SubstackThe AI overwhelm: a teacher’s p.o.v. So you’ve read everything, you’ve done the courses, the webinars, you’re following all the people. You’ve tried a few things in class. You’re up to date, on it, d... 012
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 23/11/2024And so begins the AI in Ed split: pro & anti camps. As ever, those of us who are actual teachers in classrooms, just shrug, use the useful bits & get on with pedagogy that works in our contexts. Pencil & paper? Sentient robot tutor? Does it help? Cool. No? 🤷🏻♀️ Just stay critical! #EduSkyAI #EduSky 180
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Anyone using Brisk? The ‘inspect writing’ feature is a game changer if you are in google workspace. Watch a full replay of students’ edits & pastes. No need for plagiarism check with that! #EduSky #EduSkyAI 5194
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Just watched #TheLostChildren on Netflix. That 13 year old’s resilience is astonishing, miraculous. And I’m never going to whinge about drizzle in the UK ever again. 000
MC @mchampagnie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Ci sono Italiani qua? #Italy #Italia #Italian #Italiani 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 120
Reposted by MCAI in Education Podcast @aiineducation.bsky.social · 15/11/2024We're here! The weekly AI in Education podcast has finally decided to jump the shark from Twitter to Bluesky, and to be back where the education conversation is happening, and away from That Place. Find the podcast on aipodcast.education or in your favourite podcast appsaipodcast.educationAI Education PodcastDan Bowen and Ray Fleming are experienced education renegades who have worked in many various educational institutions and educational companies across the world. They talk about Artificial Intellig... 4397