“A science experiment that’s been framed as a school” - “pretty much a concentration camp” - “cool the first few months and then it just becomes shit”
'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."
'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."
SPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha School
What is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp?
FOLLOW-UP REPORT: Alpha School Speaks!
Citizen journalism in action
Alex Veremeyenko on Twitter / X
MIT published a brutally honest report on what AI is doing to students.A committee of professors and students spent five months studying how AI changed learning on campus, and the findings read like a warning to every university on the planet.Study groups are disappearing.… pic.twitter.com/kSxKk4h06o— Alex Veremeyenko (@alex_verem) September 12, 2026
Time to change the story
New evidence from the Zimbardo archives challenges everything you have taught (or been taught) about the Stanford Prison Experiment, argue Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam and Jay Van Bavel.
Decolonising Science Reading List
In the last couple of weeks, a lot of people have been asking me about what I’ve been reading as reference points for my commentary on the…
No. 019: AlphaFold team disbanded, verification as the bottleneck, Tao's ICM caution - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 019 - How AI is affecting the practice of science
AI, Oligarchs & The Commodification of Public Education With John Koyczek
Thread by @AustenAllred: "This is a tweetstorm about things that have surprised me having started a school, coming from a non-educational background 1. Students’ brai […]"
Thread by @AustenAllred: "This is a tweetstorm about things that have surprised me having started a school, coming from a non-educational bacents’ brains are broken by our existing system. We’ve been reworked purely for extrinsic reward and forgotten […]"
Dear Alpha School: I Hope You’re Right
An open letter to the founder and principal of Alpha School
Dear Alpha School: I Hope You’re Right
An open letter to the founder and principal of Alpha School
The Right-Wing War on Education
SPECIAL REPORT Last month, Alpha School invited people to follow student social media accounts "if curious about life in our high schools." I accepted their offer. What I've found shocks me. Forget the AI and ask instead: Is Alpha Schools a cult? Follow along for a summary of my findings.
SPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha School
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com1/ Lots of thoughts about the new White House science and tech policy report, meanwhile just a few quick notes (I only skimmed it so far but plan to read through it)
Science: A New Golden Age
www.whitehouse.gov
