Erica Stevens
@ericastevens.bsky.social
Texas community college English instructor
The community college where I teach just hired a Chief AI Transformation Officer, and I am actually thinking optimistically about it.
Like, my school is so comically desperate to be on-trend and taken seriously that this move can only end up being a waste of time and money. #bubble
Like, my school is so comically desperate to be on-trend and taken seriously that this move can only end up being a waste of time and money. #bubble
January 26, 2026 at 12:50 AM
The community college where I teach just hired a Chief AI Transformation Officer, and I am actually thinking optimistically about it.
Like, my school is so comically desperate to be on-trend and taken seriously that this move can only end up being a waste of time and money. #bubble
Like, my school is so comically desperate to be on-trend and taken seriously that this move can only end up being a waste of time and money. #bubble
Didn’t expect Vanderpump Rules to be THIS much about dead dads.
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Didn’t expect Vanderpump Rules to be THIS much about dead dads.
Too bad walking my two dogs at the same time is the worst thing I’ve ever experienced in my almost 40 years of life
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Too bad walking my two dogs at the same time is the worst thing I’ve ever experienced in my almost 40 years of life
I’ve done all the in-between, creative measures. It’s been exhausting. Barely worked.
May 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’ve done all the in-between, creative measures. It’s been exhausting. Barely worked.
Starting to feel like there’s only two options for next semester re AI:
- Absolute zero tolerance, let the students get furious, let admin be swamped under complaints
- Give up completely, pass ‘em all if that’s what my institution wants, find the few who care, & save my time
- Absolute zero tolerance, let the students get furious, let admin be swamped under complaints
- Give up completely, pass ‘em all if that’s what my institution wants, find the few who care, & save my time
May 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Starting to feel like there’s only two options for next semester re AI:
- Absolute zero tolerance, let the students get furious, let admin be swamped under complaints
- Give up completely, pass ‘em all if that’s what my institution wants, find the few who care, & save my time
- Absolute zero tolerance, let the students get furious, let admin be swamped under complaints
- Give up completely, pass ‘em all if that’s what my institution wants, find the few who care, & save my time
Seriously considering not offering written feedback anymore. I’m not conversing with a robot 40% of the time. And I’m *this* close to doing what he does in this article. “You wanna pay for a B and do absolutely nothing? Fine. You got it. Leave. I’m not spending a whole semester negotiating with AI.”
May 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Seriously considering not offering written feedback anymore. I’m not conversing with a robot 40% of the time. And I’m *this* close to doing what he does in this article. “You wanna pay for a B and do absolutely nothing? Fine. You got it. Leave. I’m not spending a whole semester negotiating with AI.”
I know I obsessively read everything about AI, but *this* article is exactly right about everything. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A crisis of trust in the classroom (opinion)
The work of teaching has never been harder, Seth C. Bruggeman writes.
www.insidehighered.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I know I obsessively read everything about AI, but *this* article is exactly right about everything. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
I have been very anti-“it’s important to teach students email etiquette” respectability.
Buuuuuuut the students are now fully treating email like text messaging (they even say “I’ll text you” to me) and rapid-fire message me multiple times in a row. Nopeeee nope nope.
Buuuuuuut the students are now fully treating email like text messaging (they even say “I’ll text you” to me) and rapid-fire message me multiple times in a row. Nopeeee nope nope.
May 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I have been very anti-“it’s important to teach students email etiquette” respectability.
Buuuuuuut the students are now fully treating email like text messaging (they even say “I’ll text you” to me) and rapid-fire message me multiple times in a row. Nopeeee nope nope.
Buuuuuuut the students are now fully treating email like text messaging (they even say “I’ll text you” to me) and rapid-fire message me multiple times in a row. Nopeeee nope nope.
Ted Chiang’s AI piece is excellent, but I’ve been thinking a lot about his speculative op-ed and the idea that AI is supposed to “democratize education.”
Students at elite institutions can afford to take time to learn & avoid AI.
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/o...
Students at elite institutions can afford to take time to learn & avoid AI.
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/o...
Opinion | It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning (Published 2019)
DNA tweaks won’t fix our problems.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Ted Chiang’s AI piece is excellent, but I’ve been thinking a lot about his speculative op-ed and the idea that AI is supposed to “democratize education.”
Students at elite institutions can afford to take time to learn & avoid AI.
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/o...
Students at elite institutions can afford to take time to learn & avoid AI.
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/o...
The people who say, “Well, AI’s not going away…” in meetings like they’re sharing something I don’t lie in bed grinding my teeth over make me so so mad.
April 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The people who say, “Well, AI’s not going away…” in meetings like they’re sharing something I don’t lie in bed grinding my teeth over make me so so mad.
Are you referencing TX SB 37? 💔
Is it fully passed? (Or does it need further approval in the House or something?)
Is it fully passed? (Or does it need further approval in the House or something?)
April 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Are you referencing TX SB 37? 💔
Is it fully passed? (Or does it need further approval in the House or something?)
Is it fully passed? (Or does it need further approval in the House or something?)
I’m realllllly trying to not feel salty, so as an academic in TX who has already been living with anti-DEI terror for a year… uh, welcome, y’all!
Just FYI: you may want to read about our Senate Bill 37. Cause they’re coming for Faculty Senates and ethnic studies.
Just FYI: you may want to read about our Senate Bill 37. Cause they’re coming for Faculty Senates and ethnic studies.
April 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’m realllllly trying to not feel salty, so as an academic in TX who has already been living with anti-DEI terror for a year… uh, welcome, y’all!
Just FYI: you may want to read about our Senate Bill 37. Cause they’re coming for Faculty Senates and ethnic studies.
Just FYI: you may want to read about our Senate Bill 37. Cause they’re coming for Faculty Senates and ethnic studies.
I know academia has been fucked for a long time, but AI, student deportations, and anti-DEI all hitting at once is truly too much. (I’m having trouble being around people who aren’t horrified every second.)
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I know academia has been fucked for a long time, but AI, student deportations, and anti-DEI all hitting at once is truly too much. (I’m having trouble being around people who aren’t horrified every second.)
I’m not joking. This is so sad, it almost made me throw up. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jfsFrK/
#skit #future #pov #fyp #dystopian
TikTok video by Caroline
www.tiktok.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’m not joking. This is so sad, it almost made me throw up. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jfsFrK/
My two favorite performances of 2025 so far: Tom Sandoval humming nursery rhymes and Mark Duplass playing Michael Barnett. (Both creepy lil psychos!)
April 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My two favorite performances of 2025 so far: Tom Sandoval humming nursery rhymes and Mark Duplass playing Michael Barnett. (Both creepy lil psychos!)
And soon… Rot Americana!
April 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
And soon… Rot Americana!
I stay on Twitter so I can see what all the AI shills and boosters are saying. 😭
April 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I stay on Twitter so I can see what all the AI shills and boosters are saying. 😭
And not totally alone! Much love to @ashleyrattner.bsky.social and Julia Tignor!
April 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And not totally alone! Much love to @ashleyrattner.bsky.social and Julia Tignor!
Oh no. Should have used the much more elusive 🤧. Or, like, used it in conjunction with cause… the tissue?
April 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Oh no. Should have used the much more elusive 🤧. Or, like, used it in conjunction with cause… the tissue?