Stephen Stiegel
@stephenstiegel.bsky.social
Teacher, runner, citizen
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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ice cubes are ridiculous. like yeah lemme just get a piece of water
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
ice cubes are ridiculous. like yeah lemme just get a piece of water
A man has a shirt that says Devoted. Paul. Preacher. Prisoner. BQ23.
Did...did the Apostle Paul go sub 3 in a marathon?
Did...did the Apostle Paul go sub 3 in a marathon?
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A man has a shirt that says Devoted. Paul. Preacher. Prisoner. BQ23.
Did...did the Apostle Paul go sub 3 in a marathon?
Did...did the Apostle Paul go sub 3 in a marathon?
Hey, @stevemagness.bsky.social, I listen to voth your podcasts and follow you. I didn't realize you coach Natosha Rogers until the marathon broadcasts mentioned it.
When will a few stories drop for us coaches?
When will a few stories drop for us coaches?
October 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hey, @stevemagness.bsky.social, I listen to voth your podcasts and follow you. I didn't realize you coach Natosha Rogers until the marathon broadcasts mentioned it.
When will a few stories drop for us coaches?
When will a few stories drop for us coaches?
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Samuel Beckett is *cackling* in his grave. 😈
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Samuel Beckett is *cackling* in his grave. 😈
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
Little did we know we were meeting the future world championship silver medalist!
If Hiltz couldn't win, Ewoi was my next choice.
If Hiltz couldn't win, Ewoi was my next choice.
September 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Little did we know we were meeting the future world championship silver medalist!
If Hiltz couldn't win, Ewoi was my next choice.
If Hiltz couldn't win, Ewoi was my next choice.
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one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar
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Hear me out: Blue books and in class exams are back, but let's be real: penmanship is so passé.
I propose a disruptive, portable, innovation in classroom tech.
I propose a disruptive, portable, innovation in classroom tech.
August 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Hear me out: Blue books and in class exams are back, but let's be real: penmanship is so passé.
I propose a disruptive, portable, innovation in classroom tech.
I propose a disruptive, portable, innovation in classroom tech.
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A.I. is popular because it gives you the experience of being a boss: you get to give annoyingly specific instructions about how to do something you don't actually know how to do yourself, and then claim credit for the end result.
August 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A.I. is popular because it gives you the experience of being a boss: you get to give annoyingly specific instructions about how to do something you don't actually know how to do yourself, and then claim credit for the end result.
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(Not all, of course, but overall siloing stem students away from books and humanities, and more than that, convincing them those things are beneath them/obsolete, has done them a disservice. There just isn't really a way to learn critical thinking skills without, apart from lived experience.)
August 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
(Not all, of course, but overall siloing stem students away from books and humanities, and more than that, convincing them those things are beneath them/obsolete, has done them a disservice. There just isn't really a way to learn critical thinking skills without, apart from lived experience.)
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
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This piece lays out all the reasons AI is ill-suited for historical work — getting facts wrong, relying on existing sources only, churning out banal claims in bland prose, etc — and then asserts we’ll all just have to use it anyway.
Yeah, no.
Yeah, no.
The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️
Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education
These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.
www.historians.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This piece lays out all the reasons AI is ill-suited for historical work — getting facts wrong, relying on existing sources only, churning out banal claims in bland prose, etc — and then asserts we’ll all just have to use it anyway.
Yeah, no.
Yeah, no.
Guess the taco truck was at the US championship meet today.
Ugh. Women's 500 the most disappointing rave of the meet
Ugh. Women's 500 the most disappointing rave of the meet
August 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Guess the taco truck was at the US championship meet today.
Ugh. Women's 500 the most disappointing rave of the meet
Ugh. Women's 500 the most disappointing rave of the meet
AP Seminar: you never know
If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
AP Seminar: you never know
Gear layout for Deseret News Marathon: new socks, racing shorts, and the Puma Fast R3s.
July 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Gear layout for Deseret News Marathon: new socks, racing shorts, and the Puma Fast R3s.
Day before a marathon:
July 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Day before a marathon:
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syllabus time, teaming up for the herculean efforts of reinventing writing assignments. here, some prompts for required weekly low stakes 250-500 word reflections/ process pieces that have proven relatively conducive to real writing in lit class. please share any similar suggestions in thread.
July 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
syllabus time, teaming up for the herculean efforts of reinventing writing assignments. here, some prompts for required weekly low stakes 250-500 word reflections/ process pieces that have proven relatively conducive to real writing in lit class. please share any similar suggestions in thread.
What's the food truck situation at Hayward? Any taco trucks?
Just thinking it might matter in the 1500.
Just thinking it might matter in the 1500.
July 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What's the food truck situation at Hayward? Any taco trucks?
Just thinking it might matter in the 1500.
Just thinking it might matter in the 1500.
Useful for AP Research kidd
Most literature reviews miss the point.
Not because they’re sloppy.
But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.
In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...
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Not because they’re sloppy.
But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.
In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...
🧵
Most Literature Reviews Miss the Point. Don’t Let Yours
Critically Engaging Past Work to Confidently Shape Your Own
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Useful for AP Research kidd
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Dress it up in progressive language but you're cheating yourself by not doing the work. This is the worst thing about AI: millions of students refusing to learn, taking zero interest in the world around them, empty in mind and heart. Your punishment is the person you will become.
June 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Dress it up in progressive language but you're cheating yourself by not doing the work. This is the worst thing about AI: millions of students refusing to learn, taking zero interest in the world around them, empty in mind and heart. Your punishment is the person you will become.
Nicholas Carr, "The Shallows," 2010
In my long personal experience doing research, it is frequently more interesting and rewarding to search through physical media because there are often books and articles next to the thing you were looking for that are just as useful.
Fast online keyword searches eliminate much of that serendipity.
Fast online keyword searches eliminate much of that serendipity.
Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias
June 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Nicholas Carr, "The Shallows," 2010
