Interesting Read

via The New York Times:

Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them.
The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.

by Clay Shirky

published on August 26, 2025

“Learning is a change in long-term memory; that’s the biological correlate of what we do in the classroom. Now that most mental effort tied to writing is optional, we need new ways to require the work necessary for learning.”

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Interesting Read

via The New York Times:

Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers
by Cade Metz

published on February 19, 2025

Pull Quote

“Microsoft’s quantum technology could leapfrog the methods under development at Google. As part of its research, the company built multiple topological qubits inside a new kind of computer chip that combines the strengths of the semiconductors that power classical computers with the superconductors that are typically used to build a quantum computer.”

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