Category: AI

AI at Warp Speed: From Pair Programming Secrets to Four Years in Four Days and the Need for Guardrails

Lately I have been struck by a trio of articles that perfectly capture the extremes of today’s AI conversation. 1. A ZDNet piece on 60+ hours of pair…

Stop Paying for Prompt Engineering: Here’s What Actually Matters

The “prompt engineering” craze is overhyped. Seminars, gurus, and courses all promise that if you just ask AI the perfect question, you will get the perfect answer. Here…

AI in Real Estate: Insights from the 2025 HomeLight Survey

The 2025 HomeLight Top Agent Insights – AI Edition survey offers a revealing snapshot of how artificial intelligence is reshaping real estate, and what it means for professionals…

Users and Builders in the Age of AI Agents

👉 Are you a user or a builder? With Excel, most of us became users. With coding languages, some became builders while most remained on the outside. But…

Why Do So Many AI Projects “Fail”?

In July 2025, MIT’s Project NANDA released the State of AI in Business 2025 Report. The findings are striking. Despite an estimated $30–40 billion in enterprise investment, 95…

Big data, AI, and social media: What does this mean for learning design?

Based on the article “Artificial Intelligence-Based Exploration on Social Media Big Data Analytics: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Research Directions” by Singh et al. (2025). Although this study focused…

AI-Augmented Exploratory Learning: A Smarter Way to Upskill

In my doctoral research at Central Michigan University, I am working on a model I call AI-Augmented Exploratory Learning (AAEL). AAEL is a scaffolded, self-directed learning approach where…

From Prompt to Product: Building with Generative AI in EdTech

Yesterday, I shared a project I was developing for my doctoral course in Educational Technology at Central Michigan University. The goal was simple but bold: 🔁 Show students…

Teaching EdTech Students to Build with AI

Last week, I was hiking through the Grand Tetons with my son; no laptops, no Python, just trail time. Somewhere between conversations about wildlife and where to stop…

Don’t Buy the Hype: AI Tools vs. Open Models

AI is everywhere right now — and so is the hype. But here’s the truth: Many of the “AI-powered platforms” being marketed today are nothing more than pretty…