Aaron Miller
@aaronmiller.info
Professor in BYU's George Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics, teaching public service/social impact students.
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Companies that lay off workers to replace with AI either misunderstand how AI agents work or are just low-ambition.
In either case, they'll be beaten by companies who know how people make the difference. I wrote this to explain the idea. I hope it can help. #ai
www.aaronmiller.info/low-ambition...
In either case, they'll be beaten by companies who know how people make the difference. I wrote this to explain the idea. I hope it can help. #ai
www.aaronmiller.info/low-ambition...
Low-Ambition Companies Will Suffer from AI
Companies laying off workers for AI agents are either misjudging how agents will work or they're just low-ambition companies.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Companies that lay off workers to replace with AI either misunderstand how AI agents work or are just low-ambition.
In either case, they'll be beaten by companies who know how people make the difference. I wrote this to explain the idea. I hope it can help. #ai
www.aaronmiller.info/low-ambition...
In either case, they'll be beaten by companies who know how people make the difference. I wrote this to explain the idea. I hope it can help. #ai
www.aaronmiller.info/low-ambition...
Apropos to my earlier post, it's not just the textbook publishers. Academic journals are also publishing papers with fake AI citations.
www.aaronmiller.info/journals-are...
And props to @andrew.heiss.phd for unlocking the "Rolling Stone on the CV" achievement!
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And props to @andrew.heiss.phd for unlocking the "Rolling Stone on the CV" achievement!
December 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Apropos to my earlier post, it's not just the textbook publishers. Academic journals are also publishing papers with fake AI citations.
www.aaronmiller.info/journals-are...
And props to @andrew.heiss.phd for unlocking the "Rolling Stone on the CV" achievement!
www.aaronmiller.info/journals-are...
And props to @andrew.heiss.phd for unlocking the "Rolling Stone on the CV" achievement!
I don’t think I can adequately stress how bad it is for a big publisher like Springer to screw up something like this. A new textbook of theirs had extensive hallucinated sources.
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#ethics #ai
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#ethics #ai
Machine learning textbook from major publisher has hallucinated sources
I don’t think I can adequately stress how bad this is for a publisher as big as Springer to screw up this badly. A new textbook of theirs had extensive hallucinated sources.
Based on a tip from a rea...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I don’t think I can adequately stress how bad it is for a big publisher like Springer to screw up something like this. A new textbook of theirs had extensive hallucinated sources.
www.aaronmiller.info/machine-lear...
#ethics #ai
www.aaronmiller.info/machine-lear...
#ethics #ai
I don't know if it's because I'm finalizing grades this week, but I'm reflecting on a really smart thing I once heard Clayton Christensen say. Useful for all learners and teachers.
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Questions Are Velcro
Why all good learning starts with a question that matters.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I don't know if it's because I'm finalizing grades this week, but I'm reflecting on a really smart thing I once heard Clayton Christensen say. Useful for all learners and teachers.
www.aaronmiller.info/questions-ar...
www.aaronmiller.info/questions-ar...
Why are there are so many one-sentence paragraphs (entire posts of them!) in the substack world? Is it more engaging or just the natural result of learning to write from Twitter?
I don't have anything against one-sentence paragraphs in principle, but I think they're for impact not entire articles.
I don't have anything against one-sentence paragraphs in principle, but I think they're for impact not entire articles.
December 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Why are there are so many one-sentence paragraphs (entire posts of them!) in the substack world? Is it more engaging or just the natural result of learning to write from Twitter?
I don't have anything against one-sentence paragraphs in principle, but I think they're for impact not entire articles.
I don't have anything against one-sentence paragraphs in principle, but I think they're for impact not entire articles.
I think giving someone AI is like giving them a bunch of money, and I wrote down some thoughts about that.
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AI is a magnifier, which is wonderful and terrible
The ability to do more doesn’t equate with wise judgment or good character. What we bring to AI matters at least as much as what AI can actually do.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I think giving someone AI is like giving them a bunch of money, and I wrote down some thoughts about that.
www.aaronmiller.info/ai-is-a-magn...
www.aaronmiller.info/ai-is-a-magn...
Imagine being remembered both for DNA’s discovery and for being an intolerant, intolerable person.
The difference between “accomplished” and “good”
Imagine being remembered both for DNA’s discovery and for being an intolerant, intolerable person.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Imagine being remembered both for DNA’s discovery and for being an intolerant, intolerable person.
Plenty of industries are getting stalked by AI right now. But if AI is the lioness, universities are the already-sickly members of the herd lamely trying to outrun her.
(Also, I started a personal blog. It's 2008, apparently.)
www.aaronmiller.info/ai-is-coming...
(Also, I started a personal blog. It's 2008, apparently.)
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AI is Coming for Universities, and Grades Are Why
Plenty of industries are getting stalked by AI right now. But if AI is the lioness, universities are the already-sickly members of the herd lamely trying to outrun her.
www.aaronmiller.info
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Plenty of industries are getting stalked by AI right now. But if AI is the lioness, universities are the already-sickly members of the herd lamely trying to outrun her.
(Also, I started a personal blog. It's 2008, apparently.)
www.aaronmiller.info/ai-is-coming...
(Also, I started a personal blog. It's 2008, apparently.)
www.aaronmiller.info/ai-is-coming...
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Remember those posts in the morning? I had AI read all 286 and come up with a philosophy: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
John Dickerson (@johnfdickerson)
For a few months I posted clippings from my morning reading. Passages that struck me or that I believed or that excited my imagination. I asked AI to combine them all and come up with a coherent philo...
substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Remember those posts in the morning? I had AI read all 286 and come up with a philosophy: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
Reposted by Aaron Miller
I wrote about some good news: a UK charity that's combating homelessness with some extremely simple, straightforward interventions that use flexible, decentralized decision-making and treat people as people. Their approach showcases the importance of experimental and evidence-based public policy:
Should we just give cash to the homeless?
A new charity is tackling homelessness with a simple approach. Does it work?
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October 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I wrote about some good news: a UK charity that's combating homelessness with some extremely simple, straightforward interventions that use flexible, decentralized decision-making and treat people as people. Their approach showcases the importance of experimental and evidence-based public policy:
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You might have heard this before: “Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life.” I think that's wrong, and misleading. #fromclasstoday
September 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
You might have heard this before: “Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life.” I think that's wrong, and misleading. #fromclasstoday
#fromclasstoday
In a dilemma, it feels like you're choosing from a list of premade options. But that's not how decisions really work. The given options can almost certainly be improved.
Making decisions means *making* them, like crafting an outcome that upholds what you value most.
In a dilemma, it feels like you're choosing from a list of premade options. But that's not how decisions really work. The given options can almost certainly be improved.
Making decisions means *making* them, like crafting an outcome that upholds what you value most.
September 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#fromclasstoday
In a dilemma, it feels like you're choosing from a list of premade options. But that's not how decisions really work. The given options can almost certainly be improved.
Making decisions means *making* them, like crafting an outcome that upholds what you value most.
In a dilemma, it feels like you're choosing from a list of premade options. But that's not how decisions really work. The given options can almost certainly be improved.
Making decisions means *making* them, like crafting an outcome that upholds what you value most.
The 8x on the iPhone 17 Pro is pretty great
September 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The 8x on the iPhone 17 Pro is pretty great
September 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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How much do you know about the original Polaroid? (More from my Helping class today.)
What most people don't know is that Polaroid was a pioneer in creating a workplace where people could flourish. These slides show the Two Aims of the company, and here's what these aims led to:
What most people don't know is that Polaroid was a pioneer in creating a workplace where people could flourish. These slides show the Two Aims of the company, and here's what these aims led to:
September 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
How much do you know about the original Polaroid? (More from my Helping class today.)
What most people don't know is that Polaroid was a pioneer in creating a workplace where people could flourish. These slides show the Two Aims of the company, and here's what these aims led to:
What most people don't know is that Polaroid was a pioneer in creating a workplace where people could flourish. These slides show the Two Aims of the company, and here's what these aims led to:
Are you flourishing? Are the people in your life flourishing?
This week in my Helping Behavior class we're talking about how the only help we give that really matters is what helps someone flourish. So thinking about how people flourish makes us better helpers.
This week in my Helping Behavior class we're talking about how the only help we give that really matters is what helps someone flourish. So thinking about how people flourish makes us better helpers.
September 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Are you flourishing? Are the people in your life flourishing?
This week in my Helping Behavior class we're talking about how the only help we give that really matters is what helps someone flourish. So thinking about how people flourish makes us better helpers.
This week in my Helping Behavior class we're talking about how the only help we give that really matters is what helps someone flourish. So thinking about how people flourish makes us better helpers.
Thinking today about this description of healing from trauma that Rabbi Myers shared on an episode earlier this year. His synagogue, Tree of Life, suffered from a mass murder in their spiritual home almost 7 years ago.
September 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thinking today about this description of healing from trauma that Rabbi Myers shared on an episode earlier this year. His synagogue, Tree of Life, suffered from a mass murder in their spiritual home almost 7 years ago.
Some of the best advice you'll ever get is to keep a list (in Notes on your phone) of people you go to for advice.
I've taught business ethics for 18 years now, and I still turn to the people I trust to help me figure out hard decisions.
We call it a CAM list: Counselors, Allies, and Mentors.
I've taught business ethics for 18 years now, and I still turn to the people I trust to help me figure out hard decisions.
We call it a CAM list: Counselors, Allies, and Mentors.
September 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Some of the best advice you'll ever get is to keep a list (in Notes on your phone) of people you go to for advice.
I've taught business ethics for 18 years now, and I still turn to the people I trust to help me figure out hard decisions.
We call it a CAM list: Counselors, Allies, and Mentors.
I've taught business ethics for 18 years now, and I still turn to the people I trust to help me figure out hard decisions.
We call it a CAM list: Counselors, Allies, and Mentors.