More of What’s Already in My Imagination

AI lets me explore more of what’s already in my imagination. Ideas I would have left alone because I didn’t have the time, skills, or energy to try suddenly become things I can experiment with.

That’s why I keep coming back, even after an hour fixing something that was supposed to save me twenty minutes.

I was given a quiz that looked like it had been quickly spit out by AI. It looked fine, but it barely asked my students to think.

That’s the line for me. AI helps me explore ideas, and I still have to know what’s worth making and when it’s working.

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