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I promised to say a few words about the recent “Teaching with AI” conference that I attended earlier this week. (See my previous post #TeachingWithAI, which I am reblogging below.) First off, let me begin with the big question regarding … Continue reading →

Will A.I. platforms like ChatGPT convert college degrees into worthless pieces of paper? Has higher ed now become all but obsolete? Thanks Google, Meta, and OpenAI (sarcasm voice)! Earlier this week, I attended the Teaching with AI conference at my … Continue reading →

Mind blown! I just saw this real-life example of the Condorcet paradox on “Around the Horn” (ATH), namely the episode that aired on 26 September 2023: To the point (pun intended), this year’s WNBA MVP award went to Breanna Stewart … Continue reading →

Here it is. Alas, this new syllabus by Harvard law professor Stephen E. Sachs has come under fire from some academic quarters for excluding the work of feminist, queer, and minority scholars (see here, for example). Contrary to my colleague … Continue reading →

I featured my first ChatGPT-inspired “micro essay” in a previous post. Below is a screenshot of the new “micro essay” for my module on the common law: FYI: I will further discuss the motivation for this assignment in a future … Continue reading →

Overall, according to this 2023 report by Al Jazeera, of the 486 attempted or successful military coups around the world since 1950, almost half of this total or 214 have occurred in our “Mother Continent”, and of those 214 African … Continue reading →

I shall always remember and forever miss my dear friend and “intellectual co-conspirator” Andre Richard Carlyle Joseph (18 May 1972 — 2 September 2023). You were just three years younger than me. May we meet again in another life; I … Continue reading →

I forgot to mention that I had the great honor of meeting New York Times columnist Ross Douthat in person earlier this year. (Mr Douthat is also the author of many books; see here, for example.) My formal paper The … Continue reading →

My previous post mentioned that I would be speaking on the Pepsi Points case on the afternoon of 22 September. (Thanks to Professor Dan O’Gorman and 3L Joshua J. Floth for the invite.) Among other things, my presentation (see also … Continue reading →