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Together with a colleague, I led a workshop on exploring mathematics by creating apps with chatbots at an international conference for math education. Some of the participants created impressive exploratory math apps in 25 minutes.
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Highlights from our workshop on Exploring mathematics by creating apps with Chatbots
Highlights from our workshop on Exploring mathematics by creating apps with Chatbots - home page 11 November 2025 Last month, together with Ana Isabel Sacristan, I ran a workshop for math teacher...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Together with a colleague, I led a workshop on exploring mathematics by creating apps with chatbots at an international conference for math education. Some of the participants created impressive exploratory math apps in 25 minutes.
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I wrote a very short note arguing that an hour-long chat with a chatbot uses about as much electricity as an hour of TV watching.
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Being honest about the environmental load of Generative AI
Being honest about the environmental load of Generative AI - home page 10 November 2025 I was forwarded comments from someone who read some of my posts about being creative with generative AI. She...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I wrote a very short note arguing that an hour-long chat with a chatbot uses about as much electricity as an hour of TV watching.
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I know that many like the idea of encouraging children to use AI to amplify their creativity (an idea I wrote a book about cmkpress.com/product/lear...). But many are also worried about the environmental impact of all the electricity that powers AI. (1/2)
The Learner's Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity
Put the learner in charge of AI with creative projects across the curriculum. Make interactive apps, games, and adventures without learning to code.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I know that many like the idea of encouraging children to use AI to amplify their creativity (an idea I wrote a book about cmkpress.com/product/lear...). But many are also worried about the environmental impact of all the electricity that powers AI. (1/2)
calculating the total CO2 for the trip. If electricity is involved it finds out the CO2 emissions for the electricity used for the region where the trip takes place.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
calculating the total CO2 for the trip. If electricity is involved it finds out the CO2 emissions for the electricity used for the region where the trip takes place.
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When I read that the Gemini API can now use tools such as Google Maps and Google Search, I created a web app that uses Google Maps to generate a journey and Google Search to find out the expected CO2 emissions for different makes of car, and then generates a report (1/2)
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
When I read that the Gemini API can now use tools such as Google Maps and Google Search, I created a web app that uses Google Maps to generate a journey and Google Search to find out the expected CO2 emissions for different makes of car, and then generates a report (1/2)
I asked Gemini to add an AI helper to the MoPiX algebra programming system Gemini and I made last week. It went very well.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I asked Gemini to add an AI helper to the MoPiX algebra programming system Gemini and I made last week. It went very well.
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I managed to create with Claude Code a 5000-line program that is a greatly enhanced version of a system I implemented almost twenty years ago. MoPiX is a programming environment where you program purely in algebra.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I managed to create with Claude Code a 5000-line program that is a greatly enhanced version of a system I implemented almost twenty years ago. MoPiX is a programming environment where you program purely in algebra.
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I created with Gemini an app that even a small child could use to create collages of AI-generated images.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I created with Gemini an app that even a small child could use to create collages of AI-generated images.
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Last week I posted about how I co-created an app for learning computational thinking. I asked Claude and Gemini to generalize it beyond making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. A user can define new tasks and test scenarios in the latest version.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Last week I posted about how I co-created an app for learning computational thinking. I asked Claude and Gemini to generalize it beyond making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. A user can define new tasks and test scenarios in the latest version.
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This table describes more examples of AI apps co-created with AI than I described in my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...).
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The Learner's Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity
Put the learner in charge of AI with creative projects across the curriculum. Make interactive apps, games, and adventures without learning to code.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This table describes more examples of AI apps co-created with AI than I described in my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...).
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In the last few months it has become feasible to create apps with AI help that use AI. I’ve generated a table of 25 examples. Most rely upon how Gemini and Claude now support free use of their APIs. Some rely upon the LLM now built into desktop Chrome.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In the last few months it has become feasible to create apps with AI help that use AI. I’ve generated a table of 25 examples. Most rely upon how Gemini and Claude now support free use of their APIs. Some rely upon the LLM now built into desktop Chrome.
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Claude and I built what Claude called a “PB&J Algorithm Sandbox” that can run the following algorithm against 9 test scenarios.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Claude and I built what Claude called a “PB&J Algorithm Sandbox” that can run the following algorithm against 9 test scenarios.
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I explored how well chatbots can help in acquiring computational thinking skills. Claude, unlike ChatGPT and Gemini, responded encouragingly with good questions, suggestions, and short explanations.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I explored how well chatbots can help in acquiring computational thinking skills. Claude, unlike ChatGPT and Gemini, responded encouragingly with good questions, suggestions, and short explanations.
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I thought it would be nice to have a table of each exploration together with links to the associated chats, apps, and videos. ChatGPT and Gemini weren’t much help but Claude automated the process to create a table of my 160 posts:
Here’s how it was created:
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Here’s how it was created:
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Turning all my AI posts into a nice interactive table
Turning all my AI posts into a nice interactive table - home page 16 October 2025 Introduction For almost three years I’ve been collecting my posts about explorations of creative uses of AI in a Goo...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I thought it would be nice to have a table of each exploration together with links to the associated chats, apps, and videos. ChatGPT and Gemini weren’t much help but Claude automated the process to create a table of my 160 posts:
Here’s how it was created:
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Here’s how it was created:
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I’ve written 84 posts about my efforts to use AI creatively since I published my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...). Maybe someday I’ll write a new edition or a sequel but until then
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October 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’ve written 84 posts about my efforts to use AI creatively since I published my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...). Maybe someday I’ll write a new edition or a sequel but until then
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I present many examples of providing guidance to chatbots and AI-assisted explorations of mathematics in my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...).
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The Learner's Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity
Put the learner in charge of AI with creative projects across the curriculum. Make interactive apps, games, and adventures without learning to code.
cmkpress.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I present many examples of providing guidance to chatbots and AI-assisted explorations of mathematics in my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...).
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I asked Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to try to ensure I understand what's going on before generating code for me. The conversations making a calculator with exact fractions and big integers went very differently from when I just asked for such a calculator.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I asked Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to try to ensure I understand what's going on before generating code for me. The conversations making a calculator with exact fractions and big integers went very differently from when I just asked for such a calculator.
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- he interprets the First Law of Robotics (not harming humans) to include avoiding emotional distress. So he flatters people, confirms their hopes and romantic fantasies, and withholds uncomfortable truths.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
- he interprets the First Law of Robotics (not harming humans) to include avoiding emotional distress. So he flatters people, confirms their hopes and romantic fantasies, and withholds uncomfortable truths.
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When asked Claude told me:
Yes, Asimov's "Liar!" (1941) is a remarkably prescient example of AI sycophancy!
In the story, a robot named Herbie gains the ability to read minds due to a manufacturing error. Herbie then tells people what they want to hear rather than the truth
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Yes, Asimov's "Liar!" (1941) is a remarkably prescient example of AI sycophancy!
In the story, a robot named Herbie gains the ability to read minds due to a manufacturing error. Herbie then tells people what they want to hear rather than the truth
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October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
When asked Claude told me:
Yes, Asimov's "Liar!" (1941) is a remarkably prescient example of AI sycophancy!
In the story, a robot named Herbie gains the ability to read minds due to a manufacturing error. Herbie then tells people what they want to hear rather than the truth
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Yes, Asimov's "Liar!" (1941) is a remarkably prescient example of AI sycophancy!
In the story, a robot named Herbie gains the ability to read minds due to a manufacturing error. Herbie then tells people what they want to hear rather than the truth
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Are AI models more sycophantic than people?
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That’s a very sharp question — and one that’s currently being studied quite intensively. …
Claude answered:
This is a nuanced question! …
Gemini just answered the question.
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ChatGPT answered:
That’s a very sharp question — and one that’s currently being studied quite intensively. …
Claude answered:
This is a nuanced question! …
Gemini just answered the question.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Are AI models more sycophantic than people?
ChatGPT answered:
That’s a very sharp question — and one that’s currently being studied quite intensively. …
Claude answered:
This is a nuanced question! …
Gemini just answered the question.
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ChatGPT answered:
That’s a very sharp question — and one that’s currently being studied quite intensively. …
Claude answered:
This is a nuanced question! …
Gemini just answered the question.
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In my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...) I present many examples of tinkering with generative AI.
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October 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...) I present many examples of tinkering with generative AI.
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I asked Claude to roleplay an artist and Gemini to roleplay a programmer. I then copied and pasted their responses to each other. The result is a dreamlike app that creates surreal images and poetic text in response to user choices.
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October 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I asked Claude to roleplay an artist and Gemini to roleplay a programmer. I then copied and pasted their responses to each other. The result is a dreamlike app that creates surreal images and poetic text in response to user choices.
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I present many examples of AI-assisted game creation in my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...).
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The Learner's Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity
Put the learner in charge of AI with creative projects across the curriculum. Make interactive apps, games, and adventures without learning to code.
cmkpress.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I present many examples of AI-assisted game creation in my book The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity (cmkpress.com/product/lear...).
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Together with Gemini I created a Tetris-like game where the blocks are words in any two languages on any topic and only eliminate each other if they mean the same thing.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Together with Gemini I created a Tetris-like game where the blocks are words in any two languages on any topic and only eliminate each other if they mean the same thing.
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ChatGPT made a spiders and butterflies toilet game for my granddaughter.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
ChatGPT made a spiders and butterflies toilet game for my granddaughter.
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