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How to Think About AI as an Entrepreneur
A First Look at Agentic AI Workflows
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Alfred Essa
Among the Ash Heaps and Billionaires
Undoubtedly, we now live in the Age of AI.
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Alfred Essa
High-Impact Tutoring in DC: Success or Bust?
In this episode of Education Research Rounds, we analyze Washington DC's ambitious $33 million High-Impact Tutoring Initiative, implemented in response…
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The New Power Brokers: How VC Giants and AI Are Reshaping the Innovation Landscape
The New Masters of the Universe
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Richard Feynman's Tips on AI
Rote Practice Still Matters
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Alfred Essa
A Miracle for Breakfast
Thank you all for subscribing to AI-Learn Insights and for letting me share my thoughts with you about our common journey.
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Alfred Essa

December 2024

AI Tutoring Outperforms Active Learning
Listen now | Education Research Rounds
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Alfred Essa
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Why AI Development and Market Expectations Are on a Collision Course
The explosive surge of venture capital and institutional money into AI—reaching hundreds of billions in investments—is on a collision course with an…
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Why Are Tech-Fin Bros Obsessed With Crypto? Demystifying the Wonders of Bitcoin
The new masters of the universe are Tech Bros (mostly Silicon Valley) and Fin Bros (mostly Wall Street).
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Alfred Essa
What We Can Learn from Margaret Hamilton and the Apollo 11 Mission
In the crucial moments of Apollo 11's lunar descent, as emergency alarms blared and time was running out, it was Margaret Hamilton's foresight in…
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Alfred Essa
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AI, Inequality, and the Future of Work: Avoiding the Turing Trap
This podcast episode explores the concept of the "Turing Trap," coined by economist Eric Brynjolfsson, which warns about the potential pitfalls of…
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Alfred Essa
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Does AI Tutoring Work? Size Matters
A First Introduction to Effect Size
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Alfred Essa
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