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Critical AI
On this page are some resources for Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) from my perspective.

Automatic Against the People: Reading, Writing, and AI

A guide to understanding AI as normal technology
And a big change for this newsletter




AI Suggestions Homogenize Writing Toward Western Styles and Diminish Cultural Nuances
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AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans | Melanie Mitchell | Substack
I write about interesting new developments in AI. Click to read AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans, by Melanie Mitchell, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

OpenAccess.ai — Rigorous Open Access Publishing
$20 to submit, free to read. AI peer review. Open to human and machine authors. All articles CC-BY 4.0.

We read a lot of AI books so you don’t have to
“Because every camp needs a book right now”


Crowdsourcing a list of general resources on AI and mathematics
Given current events, I think it is worthwhile to start collecting useful online resources with regards to AI and mathematics in general. I will start a list below, but ask contributors to contribu…
Our Approach to Artificial Intelligence
We are experimenting with using AI tools to extend our work as a small nonprofit, so that we can focus our time on reinforcing human connections, conversations, and communities that have eroded.

Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
Reflections on autonomy and the value of thinking for ourselves

Why AI Companies Are Buying—And Then Destroying—Old Books
We've long joked about delaying bedtime in order to read the entire internet, but the prospect of actually doing so doesn't sound as appealing as it used to. An ever-growing proportion of text online, we may sense, hasn't been written by humans, but generated by artificial intelligence.

Is there something it is like to be an AI?
Posted on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025. 1,593 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.
