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The Art of Cheating with AI

Half of students report using GPT at school. What are they missing?

The Art of Cheating with AI

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Aug 5, 2025

Jobs are more than work

Microsoft’s Copilot AI study confuses productivity with purpose — and AI with progress.

Jobs are more than work

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Jun 30, 2025

The new Usability heuristics

A proposed reframe of Nielsen/Norman’s 10 original UX heuristics — condensed to 3 core principles focused on system behavior, user mental…

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Mar 28, 2025

Robot Tears

Our Endless Quest for What We Already Possess

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Apr 29, 2025

Are we too stupid to be lazy?

AI should offer us some needed time to think

Are we too stupid to be lazy?

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Apr 8

How to get AI to shut up

A struggle to stop going on and on and on…

How to get AI to shut up

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Mar 3

I passed my harassment training while disproving AI armageddon

And learned a surprising lesson in why complex systems collapse

I passed my harassment training while disproving AI armageddon

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Feb 18

AI will ruin critical thinking

Here’s why that’s impossible — and why you should try it.

AI will ruin critical thinking

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Feb 12

Waiting for the robots to take over?

Humanoid robots and the myth of a designed replacement

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The battle of nutrition: Why pyramids don’t tell the “real food” story

How the food system profits from confusion — and what actually happens when you nourish your body instead of just filling it

The battle of nutrition: Why pyramids don’t tell the “real food” story

Michael Dain

Michael Dain

Exploring AI and how it shapes the way we value being human. More @ michaeldain.com, adjunct at Northwestern University

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