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Building with the Public: Breaking My Own App with Neurodiverse Student Interns

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A case study of how inviting inclusive perspectives from neurodiverse learners helped MuseKat establish the right boundaries and parameters to benchmark the quality of AI outputs

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Building with the Public: Getting Elementary Aged Kids to Evaluate AI in Real Time

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A case study of how elementary aged students at P.S. 281 helped me conduct product tests and build critical thinking skills at the same time

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Building with the Public: Battle Testing Startup Economics with Grad Students

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A case study of how sharing the startup founding story in real-time with NYU and Columbia grad students led to a mutually beneficial learning opportunity

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Building with the Public: Co-Designing a Meerkat with High School Artists in the Age of AI

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A case study of how MuseKat’s early design concepts (and AI strategy) were formalized in collaboration with high school interns

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[Series] Building With the Public - Intro Post

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The intro post of a five-part series on why and how inviting in student voices early has shaped the way I build, test, and think about AI for learning

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[Review] - Bad Ideas Only: An AI Sitcom Review by a Slightly Judgy AI

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Bad Ideas Only is what happens when a founder, three language models, and a puppet walk into a prompt stack...

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The Five Day Build - Day 5 - Reflections on AI Fluency and Constraint-Based Building

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Day five of the Five-Day Build to use AI to quickly generate a faux sitcom about my very real life... today I reflect on how to build AI fluency through constraint-based building and daily practice

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The 5-Day Build: Day 4 - Creating a Brand Image and Marketing Site

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Day four of the Five-Day Build to use AI to quickly generate a faux sitcom about my very real life... today I generate a brand image and frontend website for my show

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The 5-Day Build: Day 3 - Writing the Script

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Day three of the Five-Day Build to use AI to quickly generate a faux sitcom about my very real life... today I wrote a full draft of the first episode script and deployed it with a no-code builder

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The 5-Day Build: Day 2 - Research and Background

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Day two of the Five-Day Build to use AI to quickly generate a faux sitcom about my very real life... in today's AI task, I endeavor to learn more about better script writing and flesh out characters

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