Shows
Women talkin' 'bout AIRefusing the DrumbeatOn saying no to “inevitable” AI—and what we say yes to instead.Kimberly and Jessica recently sat down with Melanie Dusseau and Miriam Reynoldson for an episode of Women Talkin’ ’Bout AI. We were especially looking forward to this conversation because Melanie and Miriam are our first guests who openly identify as “AI Resisters.” The timing also felt right. Both Kimberly and I have been reexamining our own stance on AI in education—how it intersects with learning, writing, and creativity—and the more distance we’ve had from running a tech company, the more critical and cu...
2025-10-181h 12
Human Intelligence® PodcastRefusing to Adopt Generative AI - with Miriam ReynoldsonA fascinating conversation with Miriam Reynoldson, creator of the famous “Open Letter from Educators Who Refuse to Adopt Gen AI”, now signed by nearly 1,000 educators around the world in all levels of academic education and pedagogy. In this episode, we discuss: * The Open Letter from Educators and what followed* Miriam’s work against the Villification of GenAI Refusers* Janelle Shane's book: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place * A short piece Miriam wrote on playf...
2025-09-1819 min
explAInEDexplAInED Episode 022 - Respecting Autonomy, Rejecting Inevitability: Miriam Reynoldson on AI in EducationIn this episode of explAInED, the team welcomes Miriam Reynoldson, a Melbourne-based learning designer, educator, and PhD researcher whose interdisciplinary work blends education, sociology, and philosophy. Known for her thoughtful critique of generative AI in education, Miriam discusses why she chose to co-author an open letter refusing the mandated use of AI tools in teaching, and how her own experience with institutional AI pilots pushed her to speak out.Miriam shares how her journey has shaped her view that autonomy and informed consent are critical when it comes to technology in education. The conversation explores how personal...
2025-07-2434 min
Teaching in Higher EdMyths and Metaphors in the Age of Generative AI, with Leon FurzeLeon Furze shares about myths and metaphors in the age of generative AI on episode 572 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
In higher education there is a need to temper the resistance and refusal of the technology with the understanding that students are using it anyway.
-Leon Furze
We can take a a personal moral stance, but if we have a responsibility to teach students, then we have a responsibility to engage with the technology on some level. In order to do that, we...
2025-05-2946 min