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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 22h

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 22h

President of OpenAI openly saying that their product is a labour replacement, one they control.

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting. Studying EduApps, makes sense that kids have to relearn how to ignore extraneous content in each new app. But, are apps the context or is each app a context.

Thanks for sharing.

Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 2d

The ability to ignore distracting information may be more task-specific than general. That suggests successfully ignoring distractors in one context doesn't mean someone automatically be good at it in another context. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Screenshot of the title page of an article published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition titled: "Cognitive Control Is Task Specific: Further Evidence Against the Idea of Domain-General Conflict Adaptation."

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted to share the first article of Dr Sophie Leonard's doctoral thesis. We thank reviewers & editors of this exciting special issue for their great support! ☘️

#ProudSupervisor

#neuroskyence #devpsych #cogsci #edusky
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article cover including publisher, DOI: 10.1007/s00426-025-02179-0, authors and title

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 3d

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 3d

Studying humans by querying GenAI = Googling how many rocks to eat.

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 3d

Studying humans by querying GenAI = Googling how many rocks to eat.

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Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social · 3d

"Psychology is meant to study humans, not patterns at the output of biased statistical models." It baffles me this needs to be said, but here we are. There are already viral studies from respected scientists suggesting we can learn something about human cognition from LLMs. Scary & disgraceful.

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 4d

🌟 New preprint 🌟, by @olivia.science and me:

📝 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025). *Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists*. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Core reasoning issues (first column), which we name after the relevant numbered section, are characterised using a plausible quote. In the second column are responses per row; also see the named section for further reading, context, and explanations.

See paper for full details: ** Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 3d

For those interested in micro genetic work and the theory of change here is a paper by Siegler. This approach used computational methods to model change in math strategy use and found that new strategies rise and fall over time, do not grow linearly.

scholar.google.ca/citations?vi...

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 3d

I look forward to reading the paper! Ran out of room to say that above.

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed. Coming from a developmental approach to learning, we use microgenetic studies. Tricky part is theorizing when and at what rate change occurs to properly time data collection. Siegler wrote about this a lot, we did a couple.

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 4d

On the latest PWL, you spoke about AI and Theory of Self (ie, theory of mind).

I’m a researcher studying ToM and AI.

You folks were spot on with many of your critiques.

You might find this interesting.
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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 4d

LLMs can’t understand ppl and most ppl don’t understand LLMs.

In 2021, we argued a useful social AI requires a Theory of Mind for PPL and PPL need a Theory of Artificial minds for AI.

Neither of these exist. LLMs can’t have ToM and PPL don’t have AI literacy.

doi.org/10.4135/9781...

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 4d

LLMs can’t understand ppl and most ppl don’t understand LLMs.

In 2021, we argued a useful social AI requires a Theory of Mind for PPL and PPL need a Theory of Artificial minds for AI.

Neither of these exist. LLMs can’t have ToM and PPL don’t have AI literacy.

doi.org/10.4135/9781...

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 23d

🚀 Exciting news: I’m accepting new graduate students in the McGill Faculty of Education Learning Sciences! If you’re passionate about educational technology, games, AI, and learning sciences, this is your chance to join a dynamic and interdisciplinary research program.

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AERA TEPSig (Teaching Educational Psychology SIG) @aeratepsig.bsky.social · 6d

#edpsychjobs

The Educational Psychology program at the University of New Mexico is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognition and Learning!

Link to posting: unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology: Cognition and Learning

University of New Mexico's College of Education and Human SciencesAssistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Educational PsychologyStarting in August 2026T...

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doctor of softboyology @vea.bsky.social · 7d

🆕 I want to draw some attention to a brand new professional development workshop happening for the first time at #ISLS26.

2026.isls.org/alt-academia...

Alt-Academia Career Workshop : Call for Submissions | ISLS 2026

The Alt-Academia Career Workshop is a new professional development workshop that will support participants to pursue new opportunities or deepen existing roles in the learning sciences outside of trad...

2026.isls.org

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 6d

Yes! Universities are innovation boosters.

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 8d

What is productivity and how does higher education play a role in boosting it? Trevor Tombe, from The School of Public Policy will let you know at SSHRC-CRSH presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Growing Canadian Productivity. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...

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Dana Miller-Cotto @damcotto.bsky.social · 7d

We’re hiring! The Berkeley School of Education is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor of AI and STEM education. Due 10/23. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05125

Assistant Professor (N/T) - Using AI and the Learning Sciences to Advance STEM Teaching and Learning: K12-Higher Education - Berkeley School of Education

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Michael Barger @mmbarger.bsky.social · Aug 4

My department is hiring an assistant professor of educational psychology who researches and teaches motivation in schools! My contact info is in the job posting, please reach out if you have any questions. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...

Assistant Professor (Applied Cognition and Development)

The Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Applied Cognition and Development Program to begin August 2026....

www.ugajobsearch.com

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 12d

OpenAI's VP for education recently said the company wanted to become "core infrastructure" for schools and universities. Any infrastructure, though, always depends on habituating users to its technical affordances - so I've been trying to track how it's doing that 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 12d

A peasants’ revolt is coming.

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Elites pay the ultimate price during Punish the Rich Day... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

YouTube video by 22 Minutes

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 12d

Apple selling AI as a note taker youtu.be/dl-po6sw55E?...

Mac | Pointed | Apple

YouTube video by Apple

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 12d

Another one saying you don’t need to watch lectures, just put the video into their ai system. Give over the profs IP to the machine. www.instagram.com/reel/C_83u4E...

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 12d

Now we get to selling cheating. These types are all over instagram. Harder to find and share.

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answersai on Instagram

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 12d

Here we google, no info on what it does just affirmations about teachers being magic and then saying the google product, MagicSchool

www.youtube.com/shorts/Sq5LU...

MagicSchool: Back to the Magic | Celebrating the Magic of Teachers (Vert)

YouTube video by MagicSchool AI

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 12d

To start, not a bad one. Promising grammar and email help.
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Get writing help anywhere with QuillBot

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