Act III of 3 · 58 entries
Where we are now, and what is going wrong
Something different has happened to education in the last five years, and the industry is still pretending it has not.
It closes the arc that Act I opened.
The 58 entries in Act III
- Long-formArticle 48· Awaiting publication
Rag
Theory: Retrieval-Augmented Generation | Template: The Case File | Words: 1,613
- Long-formArticle 49· Awaiting publication
The Black Box Problem
Theory: The Black Box Problem | Template: The Debate | Words: 1,750
- Long-formArticle 50· Awaiting publication
Explainable Ai
Theory: Explainable AI | Template: The Debate | Words: 1,898
- Long-formArticle 51· Awaiting publication
Algorithmic Fairness
Theory: Algorithmic Fairness & Accountability | Template: The Debate | Words: 2,284
- Long-formArticle 52· Awaiting publication
Model Cards
Theory: Model Cards | Template: The Debate | Words: 2,075
- Long-formArticle 53· Awaiting publication
Context Drift
Theory: Context Drift Detection | Template: The Case File | Words: 1,816
- Long-formArticle 54· Awaiting publication
Federated Learning
Theory: Federated Learning | Template: The Case File | Words: 1,560
- Long-formArticle 55· Awaiting publication
Ethics By Design
Theory: Ethics by Design & Privacy by Design | Template: The Debate | Words: 1,756
- Long-formArticle 56· Awaiting publication
Ethical Proportionality
Theory: Ethical Proportionality in Adaptive Systems | Template: The Debate | Words: 1,800
- Long-formArticle 57· Awaiting publication
Analytics Ethics Boundary
Theory: Analytics Ethics Boundary | Template: The Debate | Words: 1,880
- Long-formArticle 58· Awaiting publication
Semantic Drift
Theory: Semantic Drift in Adaptive Systems | Template: The Follow-Up | Words: 2,171
- Long-formArticle 59· Awaiting publication
Ferpa And Coppa
Theory: FERPA & COPPA — Learner Privacy | Template: The Debate | Words: 1,939
- Long-formArticle 60· Awaiting publication
Popia And Gdpr
Theory: POPIA & GDPR — Data Protection Regimes | Template: The Debate | Words: 1,942
- Long-formArticle 61· Awaiting publication
Oecd Ai Principles
Theory: OECD AI Principles | Template: The Debate | Words: 2,387
- Long-formArticle 62· Awaiting publication
Unesco Ai Ethics
Theory: UNESCO AI Ethics Recommendation | Template: The Debate | Words: 2,058
- Long-formArticle 63· Awaiting publication
Nist Ai Rmf
Theory: NIST AI Risk Management Framework | Template: The Debate | Words: 2,158
- Long-formArticle 64· Awaiting publication
Cobit 2019
Theory: COBIT 2019 | Template: The Case File | Words: 1,405
- Long-formArticle 65· Awaiting publication
Itil Governance
Theory: ITIL Governance Practices | Template: The Case File | Words: 1,599
- Long-formArticle 66· Awaiting publication
Minimum Viable Governance
Theory: Minimum Viable Governance Evidence | Template: The Debate | Words: 1,963
- Long-formArticle 67· Awaiting publication
Governance Evolution
Theory: Governance Evolution Hooks | Template: The Deep Dive | Words: 1,679
- Long-formArticle 68· Awaiting publication
Gate Fidelity
Theory: Gate Fidelity and Release Readiness | Template: The Case File | Words: 1,651
- Long-formArticle 69· Awaiting publication
Resistance Analysis
Theory: Resistance Analysis in Educational Change | Template: The Deep Dive | Words: 1,675
- Long-formArticle 70· Awaiting publication
Pedagogical Deadlock
Theory: Pedagogical Deadlock Detection | Template: The Deep Dive | Words: 1,729
- Long-formArticle 71· Awaiting publication
Architectural Deficit
Theory: The Architectural Deficit | Template: The Deep Dive | Words: 1,544
- Long-formArticle 72· Awaiting publication
Temporal Coherence
Theory: Temporal Coherence in Adaptive Decisions | Template: The Follow-Up | Words: 1,535
- Long-formArticle 73· Awaiting publication
Multi-Layer Synthesis
Theory: Multi-Layer Synthesis in Adaptive Systems | Template: The Follow-Up | Words: 1,713
- Long-formArticle 74· Awaiting publication
Personality Bridge Models
Theory: Personality Bridge Models | Template: The Follow-Up | Words: 1,609
- Long-formArticle 75· Awaiting publication
Strategic Bets
Theory: Strategic Bets in Educational Governance | Template: The Debate | Words: 2,051
- Long-formArticle 76· Awaiting publication
Aplf Framework
Theory: APLF — The Adaptive Personalised Learning Framework | Template: The Confession | Words: 1,572
- Short-formPost 48
Rag
Large language models have a habit of making things up, and the standard fix introduces its own problems.
- Short-formPost 49
The Black Box Problem
You probably trust some machines without knowing why.
- Short-formPost 50
Explainable Ai
When a machine tells you why it made a decision, it is often telling you a story about a different machine.
- Short-formPost 51
Algorithmic Fairness
Nobody can agree on what it means for a computer to be fair.
- Short-formPost 52
Model Cards
Every AI system has a quiet set of assumptions built into it, and you almost never get to see them.
- Short-formPost 53
Context Drift
The person you were last year is not the person reading this.
- Short-formPost 54
Federated Learning
Keeping your data on your device is not the same as keeping your data safe.
- Short-formPost 55
Ethics By Design
Every product you use arrives with someone's values already built into it.
- Short-formPost 56
Ethical Proportionality
Not every decision an algorithm makes deserves the same amount of scrutiny.
- Short-formPost 57
Analytics Ethics Boundary
You signed the consent form. That does not mean what you think it means.
- Short-formPost 58
Semantic Drift
What a model meant by a word last year is not necessarily what it means by the same word today.
- Short-formPost 59
Ferpa And Coppa
The laws that protect student data were written before the internet existed.
- Short-formPost 60
Popia And Gdpr
The right to be forgotten does not really apply to an AI model that has learned from you.
- Short-formPost 61
Oecd Ai Principles
In 2019, forty-two countries agreed on what good AI ought to do, and then went home and did mostly whatever they wanted.
- Short-formPost 62
Unesco Ai Ethics
In 2021, almost two hundred countries signed a document about AI ethics, and most people have never heard of it.
- Short-formPost 63
Nist Ai Rmf
The United States does not really have an AI law yet, and in the meantime a voluntary framework is doing most of the work.
- Short-formPost 64
Cobit 2019
The worst decisions in any organisation are usually made by the person who will also be judging the outcome.
- Short-formPost 65
Itil Governance
Most large organisations run their technology departments on a framework you have probably never heard of by name.
- Short-formPost 66
Minimum Viable Governance
The quickest way to make sure nothing gets governed is to insist on governing everything.
- Short-formPost 67
Governance Evolution
Rules that cannot change become obstacles to the thing they were meant to help.
- Short-formPost 68
Gate Fidelity
A safety check that never rejects anything is not safe. It is broken.
- Short-formPost 69
Resistance Analysis
When people push back against a new technology at work, the easy explanation is almost always wrong.
- Short-formPost 70
Pedagogical Deadlock
Sometimes a student gets stuck in a way the software has no idea how to notice.
- Short-formPost 71
Architectural Deficit
Putting a smart engine in a broken car does not make the car smart. It makes the engine frustrated.
- Short-formPost 72
Temporal Coherence
An AI system can be individually correct in every decision it makes and collectively incoherent across them.
- Short-formPost 73
Multi-Layer Synthesis
A good decision about a learner is never made on a single piece of information.
- Short-formPost 74
Personality Bridge Models
Most personality frameworks are designed for human conversation, not for software to act on.
- Short-formPost 75
Strategic Bets
Every institution that adopts AI is making a bet, whether the leadership team recognises it or not.
- Short-formPost 76
Aplf Framework
Everyone keeps saying that AI will transform education. It has been saying that for ten years.