Derek Hunt

Apr 9

"I’ve always loved tech. Now, I’m a Luddite. You should be one, too." "The Real History of the Luddites." The original Luddites weren't anti-technology, they were skilled workers fighting exploitation by early tech titans. https://techwontsave.us/episode/187_the_real_history_of_the_luddites_w_bria...Read more

"I’ve always loved tech. Now, I’m a Luddite. You should be one, too." "The Real History of the Luddites." The original Luddites weren't anti-technology, they were skilled workers fighting exploitation by early tech titans. https://techwontsave.us/episode/187_the_real_history_of_the_luddites_w_brian_merchant https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/18/luddites-social-technology-visionaries/

Feb 24

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jack-clark.html "Because we’ve taken this thing that could just predict things, and we’ve given it the ability to take actions in the world. But sometimes it does something deeply unintuitive."

Dec 29 2025

CTV News: Omar Sachedina sits down with popular children's entertainer Raffi to discuss the message he hopes fans will take away from his latest release, 'ABC Democracy.' https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/popular-childrens-entertainer-releases-new-single-in-response-to-rise-of-fascism/

Dec 17 2025

We tested one of the most common prompting techniques: giving the AI a persona to make it more accurate. It doesn't work. We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it signifi...Read more

We tested one of the most common prompting techniques: giving the AI a persona to make it more accurate. It doesn't work. We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it significantly worse. This doesn't mean that personas can't be useful - for example, they change how the AI answers questions, the format of output, and maybe other factors as well. However, you aren't going to make the AI suddenly more accurate through role-play. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/emollick_we-tested-one-of-the-most-common-prompting-activity-7403830246401114112-1e3v

Dec 8 2025

New #UofT teaching examples added to Teaching with GenAI webpage - our U of T Teaching Examples has been recently expanded to include a diverse range of examples from across disciplines and levels of AI engagement. https://teaching.utoronto.ca/teaching-uoft-genai/at-u-of-t/