Here I go again, I guess.

After a week of fearing that I wouldn’t have a paycheck, a class was granted. I had 24 hours to accept the job and ready the course.

Of course, I could do so because I’m a bit on the obsessive side of things like that. Actually, it’s fairly unhealthy and consumes a lot of my brain area. Too much.

But, there we go.

What’s odd about this class is that there isn’t a male among them. No token men at all. True, not everyone has a picture posted. But the intro discussion predominantly was about children, cooking, and hobbies. Several said that they are mothers.

I guess that, in itself, doesn’t mean that I don’t have any male students. It’s just odd.

And, already, the AI slop has started. I think most use the same AI bots because certain phrases like “evidence-based” are repeated multiple times by several people.

Last term, 90% of the population swore the New York Times was trustworthy and CNN was unbiased. I pity those who are under that delusion.

But, since it was repeated so many times and from AI, I’m disheartened that the AI spreads that idealism and that the population accepts or just believes without a thought.

Although I regret not having children, situations like that momentarily ease the pain. Because that is just stupid.

If I need reminders that people are stupid, which I don’t, all I have to do is think about that.

— Swinging back around… I have to wonder why I don’t have any male students is part something stupid and maybe sinister.

Bryant is in the AI tank. They added Antrophotic to Blackboard as soon as they could. Held training classes, and have exceedingly vague regulations on student usage. It states students should use it ‘ethically.’

Sure. That means it’s up to the professors to determine what ‘ethical’ is. And, since our jobs are tied to student pass/fail rates, ‘ethical’ is a shallow term and holds little meaning.

Except for me, of course.
I’ve flunked at least 10 over the past six months for turning in 100% AI slop instead of actually doing the work.


AI is only as good as the information it’s fed. The starting information, right? Then it creates “academic” responses from there, which are spread around to other AIs by human parasites. The more popular and well-used the information is, the more it’s considered credible by the AI and the more it’s used in responding to users.

AI is the helpful, global, fake news machine. It’s a web. And people are just going with it.

Less friction.
It’s ‘acceptable.’

So, when AI is used to scan resumes, does that mean that it’s not racist?

Okay – early education is predominantly female, right?

The AI is provided skill sets, information about current employees, and determines which resumes are accepted and which are not.

Should a male apply for a kindergarten teacher position, would he be accepted? Would the AI give his application a hireability score lower than a female’s?

What if an AI is to review a renter’s application?
Would it deem an unwed mother with a good job viable? Or would the single or two unwed people who have crappy jobs be better?

Would it take the risk of child care, a single income, and just being a woman, a caregiver to the child and family, a liability?

Isn’t each of those examples discrimination?

Isn’t the AI assumption that a male kindergarten teacher would be ineffective because it’s a field that is traditionally run by women?

Would a single mother be denied a place to live because there’s a higher risk given only one income stream, and she could be affected by caring for others?

Sure, this could be prevented with proper programming and someone actually reviewing the AI.

But providing more information could just affirm the echo chamber or it could swing the other way. In the name of DEI, only non-traditional employees should be hired. Employees hired based only on DEI principles crash planes and kill people.

Honestly, though, who is actually going to check on the AI? There are AI agents for that. It’s a computer. It’s ethical. It’s more intelligent than we are…

Which is becoming the case since students struggle to read more than three sentences.

The Nation’s Report Card Shows Declines in Reading, Some Progress in 4th Grade Math

AI is supposed to solve a problem.
But AI isn’t a solution.

It’s something that will be accepted and promoted as a solution.

Acceptance is not a solution.