Lindsey Dixon
@lindseydixon.bsky.social
Product Leader. Educator. AI practitioner. Nonprofit girl. Wife, dog mom and Aunt-Mom, doctoral student studying AI and career edu, aspiring SFF novelist, traveler, musician, non-shy introvert. 🏳🌈 Views mine
Pinned
Lindsey Dixon
@lindseydixon.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Starting from scratch after having thousands of followers “over there”. I’m Lindsey, a nonprofit product leader finishing my doctorate in AI & career education + learning design. I run a small LGBTQ mobile bookshop my wife and I opened recently too. One day I’ll finish my fantasy trilogy. Not today.
I know Khan Academy and other edtech platforms have done similar things, but I'm not sure we'll get what the title implies with AI chatbots pretending to be historical figures, speak in their voice, etc. Surface engagement, maybe. #EDUsky
Opinion | My Conversation With AI’s Ayn Rand
AI may help higher ed with its viewpoint diversity challenges. https://bit.ly/4oFbeYX
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
AI may help higher ed with its viewpoint diversity challenges. https://bit.ly/4oFbeYX
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I know Khan Academy and other edtech platforms have done similar things, but I'm not sure we'll get what the title implies with AI chatbots pretending to be historical figures, speak in their voice, etc. Surface engagement, maybe. #EDUsky
I think a warning like this is important. For *far* too long colleges have kept popular cash-cow programs going, but many either 1. Have super low grad rates or 2. Don't show meaningful earnings gains afterwards. I know of a popular college in NYC that KNEW its Forensics degree was like this...
Education Department adds ‘lower earnings’ warning to FAFSA #EdTech
#edusky #TLSky #teachers #education #educators
#edusky #TLSky #teachers #education #educators
Education Department adds ‘lower earnings’ warning to FAFSA
The agency will warn students when they’ve indicated interest in a college whose graduates have relatively low incomes.
educationtechnology.news
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I think a warning like this is important. For *far* too long colleges have kept popular cash-cow programs going, but many either 1. Have super low grad rates or 2. Don't show meaningful earnings gains afterwards. I know of a popular college in NYC that KNEW its Forensics degree was like this...
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
the reason to teach reading and writing in high school is not “college readiness”
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
the reason to teach reading and writing in high school is not “college readiness”
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
My first apartment in 1994 was $350/month. Adjusting for inflation, that apartment should now rent for $744/month.
It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
April 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My first apartment in 1994 was $350/month. Adjusting for inflation, that apartment should now rent for $744/month.
It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.
Damn. Been telling people to watch #WheelOfTime but after what they did to a major character in S3E8, I’m done for good. Advising folks not to watch. It was sadistic. Departures from the book are expected… but that?!?!?!? F that. #WOT #wheeloftimespoilers
April 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Damn. Been telling people to watch #WheelOfTime but after what they did to a major character in S3E8, I’m done for good. Advising folks not to watch. It was sadistic. Departures from the book are expected… but that?!?!?!? F that. #WOT #wheeloftimespoilers
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
AI is here to stay in classrooms, but how should it be taught? That's the big question! 🤔 Let's explore ways to harness AI together.
🔗 Read more ➡️ edsurge.com/news/2025-03-27-teachers-believe-that-ai-is-here-to-stay-in-education-how-it-should-be-taught-is-debatable
#i2eEDU #AIinEDU #EduSky
🔗 Read more ➡️ edsurge.com/news/2025-03-27-teachers-believe-that-ai-is-here-to-stay-in-education-how-it-should-be-taught-is-debatable
#i2eEDU #AIinEDU #EduSky
April 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
AI is here to stay in classrooms, but how should it be taught? That's the big question! 🤔 Let's explore ways to harness AI together.
🔗 Read more ➡️ edsurge.com/news/2025-03-27-teachers-believe-that-ai-is-here-to-stay-in-education-how-it-should-be-taught-is-debatable
#i2eEDU #AIinEDU #EduSky
🔗 Read more ➡️ edsurge.com/news/2025-03-27-teachers-believe-that-ai-is-here-to-stay-in-education-how-it-should-be-taught-is-debatable
#i2eEDU #AIinEDU #EduSky
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
Misogynistic basketball fans are missing TF out. The women’s NCAA Sweet 16 is 🔥 every single year and while only a few ‘stars’ get national attention, these young women are SMOOTH with it.
The whole tournament has been phenomenal.
The whole tournament has been phenomenal.
April 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Misogynistic basketball fans are missing TF out. The women’s NCAA Sweet 16 is 🔥 every single year and while only a few ‘stars’ get national attention, these young women are SMOOTH with it.
The whole tournament has been phenomenal.
The whole tournament has been phenomenal.
Y’all please watch Wheel of Time so we can get seasons 4 and beyond. It’s my only happiness right now. 😩
Good lord the Wheel of Time has turned into such a fantastic television show. I hope Amazon renews it.
April 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Y’all please watch Wheel of Time so we can get seasons 4 and beyond. It’s my only happiness right now. 😩
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
Watch The Wheel of Time!!!
If you like fantasy I promise you’ll like it
If you like fantasy I promise you’ll like it
April 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Watch The Wheel of Time!!!
If you like fantasy I promise you’ll like it
If you like fantasy I promise you’ll like it
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
If you go back and read the country’s original user manual it lists factors that help you identify monarchical malware and suggests solutions.
February 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If you go back and read the country’s original user manual it lists factors that help you identify monarchical malware and suggests solutions.
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
The University of Michigan an LLM
It’s free for students and faculty.
-image upload
-voice conversation
-campus events, dining halls, sports activities
-custom AI tutors in their @canvas courses
While your school is trying to bust you with AI detectors
The smart ones are building their own!
It’s free for students and faculty.
-image upload
-voice conversation
-campus events, dining halls, sports activities
-custom AI tutors in their @canvas courses
While your school is trying to bust you with AI detectors
The smart ones are building their own!
February 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The University of Michigan an LLM
It’s free for students and faculty.
-image upload
-voice conversation
-campus events, dining halls, sports activities
-custom AI tutors in their @canvas courses
While your school is trying to bust you with AI detectors
The smart ones are building their own!
It’s free for students and faculty.
-image upload
-voice conversation
-campus events, dining halls, sports activities
-custom AI tutors in their @canvas courses
While your school is trying to bust you with AI detectors
The smart ones are building their own!
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
This thread from Sunday is the dialectical resolution (provided in advance) of today's debate between Mark Cuban and Jamelle Bouie.
Yes, you need to know what questions to ask. So yes, you still do need education, as Jamelle rightly implies.
Yes, you need to know what questions to ask. So yes, you still do need education, as Jamelle rightly implies.
Two times in the last week I’ve encountered situations where students initially found chatbots no help, but then quickly resolved a problem once I showed them what to ask for. Eg, don’t ask for web-scraping code if there’s an API.
“What’s an API?” Glad you asked. +
“What’s an API?” Glad you asked. +
February 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This thread from Sunday is the dialectical resolution (provided in advance) of today's debate between Mark Cuban and Jamelle Bouie.
Yes, you need to know what questions to ask. So yes, you still do need education, as Jamelle rightly implies.
Yes, you need to know what questions to ask. So yes, you still do need education, as Jamelle rightly implies.
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
February 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
Can anyone explain to me how cutting the department of education helps the economy of the US?
Serious question.
Serious question.
February 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Can anyone explain to me how cutting the department of education helps the economy of the US?
Serious question.
Serious question.
NO. Just no. Absolutely not. I believe AI can be used for positive educational impacts. But this isn’t it.
February 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NO. Just no. Absolutely not. I believe AI can be used for positive educational impacts. But this isn’t it.
Been waiting for this!
Been waiting for someone to test this and see if it works - can multiple AI agents fact-checking each other reduce hallucinations?
The answer appears to be yes - using 3 agents with a structured review process reduced hallucination scores by 96% across 310 test cases. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.13946
The answer appears to be yes - using 3 agents with a structured review process reduced hallucination scores by 96% across 310 test cases. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.13946
February 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Been waiting for this!
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
The combination of o3 and search looks pretty impressive. I suspect these models are now going to be limited mainly by access to paywalled articles.
Which, incidentally, helps me understand why tech companies are negotiating deals w/ academic publishers. It's likely for use, not training as such.
Which, incidentally, helps me understand why tech companies are negotiating deals w/ academic publishers. It's likely for use, not training as such.
The name "DeepResearch" suggests a reasoning model hybridized with search, perhaps pitched as "agentic" although I'm not really sure what that means
February 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The combination of o3 and search looks pretty impressive. I suspect these models are now going to be limited mainly by access to paywalled articles.
Which, incidentally, helps me understand why tech companies are negotiating deals w/ academic publishers. It's likely for use, not training as such.
Which, incidentally, helps me understand why tech companies are negotiating deals w/ academic publishers. It's likely for use, not training as such.
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
OK, shit is getting real. A lot of teachers that understand the limits of straight LLMs — and know when an assignment falls outside them — are going to need to recalibrate in 2025.
The new OpenAI model announced today is quite wild. It is essentially Google's Deep Research idea with multistep reasoning, web search, *and* the o3 model underneath (as far as I know). It sometimes takes a half hour to answer. Let me show you an example. 1/x
February 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
OK, shit is getting real. A lot of teachers that understand the limits of straight LLMs — and know when an assignment falls outside them — are going to need to recalibrate in 2025.
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
OpenAI’s deep research is very good. Unlike Google’s version, which is mostly a good summarizer of many sources, OpenAI is more like engaging an opinionated (often almost PhD-level!) researcher who follows lead.
Look at how it hunts down a concept in the literature (& works around problems)
Look at how it hunts down a concept in the literature (& works around problems)
February 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
OpenAI’s deep research is very good. Unlike Google’s version, which is mostly a good summarizer of many sources, OpenAI is more like engaging an opinionated (often almost PhD-level!) researcher who follows lead.
Look at how it hunts down a concept in the literature (& works around problems)
Look at how it hunts down a concept in the literature (& works around problems)
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
It's surreal doing all the "normal" things--watching my kid's soccer game, folding laundry, grocery shopping--in the middle of a kleptocratic coup.
February 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's surreal doing all the "normal" things--watching my kid's soccer game, folding laundry, grocery shopping--in the middle of a kleptocratic coup.
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
On this first day of the Blackest Black History Month, I want to acknowledge Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson whose work helped the US during the Space Race
#BlackSky
#BlackEduSky
#D9Sky
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackSky
#BlackEduSky
#D9Sky
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On this first day of the Blackest Black History Month, I want to acknowledge Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson whose work helped the US during the Space Race
#BlackSky
#BlackEduSky
#D9Sky
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackSky
#BlackEduSky
#D9Sky
#BlackHistoryMonth
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
Most of our problems could be solved by properly funding public education.
January 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Most of our problems could be solved by properly funding public education.
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
Efficiency is a misguided measure in some human activities. #education #innovation #creativity #leadership #research are immediate examples.
January 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Efficiency is a misguided measure in some human activities. #education #innovation #creativity #leadership #research are immediate examples.
Reposted by Lindsey Dixon
Instead of fighting #AI solutions, why not have students improve on them? This ASCD piece discusses how, rather than banning its use, we can teach students to think critically and add value beyond what AI can do. 🤖
ascd.org/blogs/ensuri... #TeachingWithAI #AIinEducation #EdChat
ascd.org/blogs/ensuri... #TeachingWithAI #AIinEducation #EdChat
Ensuring Authentic Student Work in the Age of AI
Instead of banning AI in the classroom, teachers can use these three strategies to help students engage AI ethically and effectively.
ascd.org
January 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Instead of fighting #AI solutions, why not have students improve on them? This ASCD piece discusses how, rather than banning its use, we can teach students to think critically and add value beyond what AI can do. 🤖
ascd.org/blogs/ensuri... #TeachingWithAI #AIinEducation #EdChat
ascd.org/blogs/ensuri... #TeachingWithAI #AIinEducation #EdChat